A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF DIFFERENT NICOTINE ADDICTION SCALES Original Article

Abstract

Substance abuse is a serious public health problem across the world and is one of the biggest curses that modern society is facing. The assessment of nicotine addiction has been considered as a key topic as research into tobacco addiction progresses. Improved measurement may be required to make progress in tobacco research. The way nicotine addiction is defined and assessed can have an impact on the findings and interpretations of studies and clinical trials. The Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire (FTQ) and its shorter counterpart, the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), are the most well-known measures in terms of history and have been utilised in clinical and research contexts. The Fagerström scales, on the other hand, were designed to assess physical tolerance and thus do not assess several important aspects of nicotine dependence, such as cravings, subjective compulsion to smoke, nicotine withdrawal, behavioural saliency, or behavioural automaticity, which are frequently regarded as core constructs for dependence. Some evaluation instruments have been created in order to capture various features of nicotine addiction. Each new iteration of these scaling algorithms improves on the previous one. The purpose of this article is to provide a quick overview of several scales and to explore their properties.