For smoking item, passive and active smoking which concern the same risk factor, were accounted as one item.
Furthermore, the important contribution of the smoking item, the limited bronchoreversibility of patients with AO, and the high correlation with physician-reported COPD strongly support that cases with AO identified had a COPD diagnosis.
The consistency of responses about tobacco-use behavior was also assessed using another item related to smoking frequency, item 3 (During the past month, on how many days did you smoke cigarettes?).
Accused ordered the beating of POWs for infractions of the camp rules (disorder, failing to salute, stepping out of line, smoking, losing items of clothing/bedding) or for no reason at all; the accused was present at times when POWs were being beaten, abused.
The content of the Smoking Impact items is very similar to that of generic instruments for which qualitative evaluations have been favorable [ 33– 33].
Organizational policies on smoking: eight items assessed whether the organization had a policy on smoking, and if so, what the policy included (no smoking indoors, in cars, with clients, on home visits, on outings and provision of cessation support) and where on the premises smoking was permitted.
The response to item 3 was compared to responses to other smoking-related items (items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, and 13).
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