Goal
Score the six-item Fagerström nicotine-dependence screening questionnaire with a visible item total and a clear boundary between screening and clinical care.
Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence Calculator
Score the six-item Fagerström nicotine-dependence screening questionnaire with a visible item total and a clear boundary between screening and clinical care.
Key facts
- What it does
- Score the six-item Fagerström nicotine-dependence screening questionnaire with a visible item total and a clear boundary between screening and clinical care.
- Formula
For a current smoker, FTND score = time-to-first-cigarette points + forbidden-place points + most-important-cigarette point + cigarettes-per-day points + morning-frequency point + illness point; total range 0–10.- You enter
- Do you currently smoke? · How soon after waking do you smoke? · Is it difficult to refrain where smoking is forbidden? · Which cigarette would you hate most to give up? · How many cigarettes per day? · Do you smoke more frequently during the first hours after waking? · Do you smoke when you are so ill you stay in bed most of the day?
- Worked example
- FTND score = 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 0 = 7 points, in the high-dependence range.
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This page keeps the calculation transparent: define the goal, enter the matching values, inspect the method, and decide what the result means in your situation.
Inputs
Do you currently smoke? · How soon after waking do you smoke? · Is it difficult to refrain where smoking is forbidden? · Which cigarette would you hate most to give up? · How many cigarettes per day? · Do you smoke more frequently during the first hours after waking? · Do you smoke when you are so ill you stay in bed most of the day?
Method
For a current smoker, FTND score = time-to-first-cigarette points + forbidden-place points + most-important-cigarette point + cigarettes-per-day points + morning-frequency point + illness point; total range 0–10.
Next step
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Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence Calculator
Score the six-item Fagerström nicotine-dependence screening questionnaire with a visible item total and a clear boundary between screening and clinical care.
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Inputs (7)
- Do you currently smoke? Ready
- How soon after waking do you smoke? Ready
- Is it difficult to refrain where smoking is forbidden? Ready
- Which cigarette would you hate most to give up? Ready
- +3 more inputs
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Formula
For a current smoker, FTND score = time-to-first-cigarette points + forbidden-place points + most-important-cigarette point + cigarettes-per-day points + morning-frequency point + illness point; total range 0–10.
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Formula, assumptions, and example
Formula: For a current smoker, FTND score = time-to-first-cigarette points + forbidden-place points + most-important-cigarette point + cigarettes-per-day points + morning-frequency point + illness point; total range 0–10.
The calculator reproduces the published six-item scoring structure and keeps the non-scored current-smoking gate visible. It reports the score band as a screening description, never as a diagnosis or an instruction to start, stop, or change treatment.
- The visitor answers the questions about current tobacco use honestly and for the same period of time.
- The six scored items and their response points follow the cited Fagerström scoring table.
- A person who marks current smoking as no is not assigned a dependence score by this page.
- The tool does not distinguish cigarettes from other nicotine products or model withdrawal symptoms.
- Score bands describe dependence intensity in a screening context and are not a diagnosis.
- Medication choice, dose, cessation planning, pregnancy, mental health, and medical history are outside the calculation.
- A qualified health professional should interpret a result when treatment, withdrawal, or safety is a concern.
Worked example: FTND score = 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 0 = 7 points, in the high-dependence range.
Displayed input contract
- Do you currently smoke? · 2 choices
- How soon after waking do you smoke? · 4 choices
- Is it difficult to refrain where smoking is forbidden? · 2 choices
- Which cigarette would you hate most to give up? · 2 choices
- How many cigarettes per day? · 4 choices
- Do you smoke more frequently during the first hours after waking? · 2 choices
- Do you smoke when you are so ill you stay in bed most of the day? · 2 choices
The displayed limits are checked before the handler runs. Model-specific domain checks may also reject impossible or non-finite inputs.
Methodology: This calculator follows the WorldCalculate input, formula, precision, and boundary policy. Read the official methodology.
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How to use the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence Calculator for a real question
Score the six-item Fagerström nicotine-dependence screening questionnaire with a visible item total and a clear boundary between screening and clinical care. Start with one clearly defined goal, enter values in the units shown, and keep the result attached to the assumptions below.
What this answers
This tool is useful when your question includes Fagerström test calculator, nicotine dependence score, FTND score. It returns the outputs declared in the calculator contract rather than a live quote, approval, diagnosis, or professional sign-off.
What you enter
Do you currently smoke? · How soon after waking do you smoke? · Is it difficult to refrain where smoking is forbidden? · Which cigarette would you hate most to give up? · How many cigarettes per day? · Do you smoke more frequently during the first hours after waking? · Do you smoke when you are so ill you stay in bed most of the day?. Keep the same time period, unit system, and currency wherever the form requires comparable values.
How to check it
Run the worked example first, compare its output with the page's example, then change one input at a time. This makes an unexpected result easier to trace to a unit, boundary, or assumption.
Three checks before you rely on the answer
- Match the question. Confirm that the result means the quantity you need, not a similar-sounding percentage, balance, rate, or estimate.
- Match the inputs. Use the requested units and period, and read each hint before replacing the example values with your own.
- Read the boundary. Review the assumptions and limits. The visitor answers the questions about current tobacco use honestly and for the same period of time.
Need a wider view? Browse Health Calculators or compare the related tools below. The WorldCalculate methodology explains how formulas, examples, limits, and revisions are reviewed.
How to use the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence Calculator
- Enter Do you currently smoke?
- Enter How soon after waking do you smoke?
- Enter Is it difficult to refrain where smoking is forbidden?
- Enter Which cigarette would you hate most to give up?
- Enter How many cigarettes per day?
- Enter Do you smoke more frequently during the first hours after waking?
- Enter Do you smoke when you are so ill you stay in bed most of the day?
- Choose Calculate and read the result panel.
- Use Download PDF or Download Word to save a result sheet.
Formula
For a current smoker, FTND score = time-to-first-cigarette points + forbidden-place points + most-important-cigarette point + cigarettes-per-day points + morning-frequency point + illness point; total range 0–10.
The calculator reproduces the published six-item scoring structure and keeps the non-scored current-smoking gate visible. It reports the score band as a screening description, never as a diagnosis or an instruction to start, stop, or change treatment.
Worked example
FTND score = 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 0 = 7 points, in the high-dependence range.
Assumptions and limits
- The visitor answers the questions about current tobacco use honestly and for the same period of time.
- The six scored items and their response points follow the cited Fagerström scoring table.
- A person who marks current smoking as no is not assigned a dependence score by this page.
- The tool does not distinguish cigarettes from other nicotine products or model withdrawal symptoms.
- Score bands describe dependence intensity in a screening context and are not a diagnosis.
- Medication choice, dose, cessation planning, pregnancy, mental health, and medical history are outside the calculation.
- A qualified health professional should interpret a result when treatment, withdrawal, or safety is a concern.
Who uses this calculator?
- People learning what the FTND score measures
- Health-education students reviewing questionnaire scoring
- Clinicians or counsellors checking transparent arithmetic alongside the original questionnaire
When is it useful?
- Calculate a six-item Fagerström screening score.
- Show which responses contributed to the total.
- Use the score as a conversation starter for evidence-based cessation support.
Context and background
How health estimates should be read
Health calculators use measurements and population-level relationships to produce screening or planning estimates. They describe the supplied model; they do not diagnose, prescribe, or replace clinical judgment.
Many familiar health formulas began as practical ways to summarize measurements. Their limits matter as much as their output because individual bodies, medications, conditions, and professional standards vary.
Research and review
How this guide was researched
Researched by Hassan ALRowaie, Founder and editorial researcher at WorldCalculate.
This guide follows the live calculator's declared inputs, formula, worked example, assumptions, validation boundaries, and source-backed methodology. The review date describes editorial review of the calculator explanation; it is not a promise that external facts or rates remain current.
The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence is a short questionnaire about smoking patterns. Its value is not that it turns a person into a label; its value is that the answers can help a qualified professional understand how strongly tobacco use is tied to waking, routine, access, and illness. WorldCalculate keeps every item visible so the total can be checked rather than appearing as an unexplained score.
What the score answers
This page answers a narrow question: what total results when the six published FTND items are scored using their response points? It also shows whether the visitor marked current smoking as yes or no.
It does not predict a person’s character, health outcome, success at quitting, or best treatment. Screening is one piece of a conversation, not a verdict.
The six scored items
The questionnaire asks about time to the first cigarette, difficulty refraining in forbidden places, the cigarette that would be hardest to give up, cigarettes per day, smoking more frequently in the morning, and smoking while ill in bed. The answer choices carry different points.
The current-smoking question on this page is a gate for the calculation. It is kept separate so a non-smoker is not forced through a dependence total that does not fit the intended questionnaire context.
How the total is calculated
Each selected answer is converted to its published point value and the six values are added. The first-cigarette timing and cigarettes-per-day questions can contribute up to three points each; the yes-or-no items contribute zero or one.
For example, a current smoker selecting 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, and 0 receives 7 points. The steps panel repeats that addition so a reader can compare the result with the original answers.
How to read the ranges
The displayed ranges are very low, low, moderate, high, and very high dependence ranges. They are descriptive bands used to discuss the screening total, not a medical diagnosis or an automatic treatment pathway.
A score can change with the period being described, the product used, changes in routine, and the way a person understands a question. Keep the original answers and context with the number.
Why time after waking matters
Smoking soon after waking can be a useful signal of how quickly nicotine use enters the day. It is one part of the score and should not be interpreted in isolation.
A person may wake at different times, work shifts, or change routines. If the answer is uncertain, discuss the actual pattern with a professional instead of choosing the answer that produces a preferred total.
What the calculator leaves out
The score does not ask about every nicotine product, strength, inhalation pattern, withdrawal symptom, previous quit attempt, mental-health condition, pregnancy, or medication. It also does not measure the reasons someone smokes or the support they want.
Those omissions are deliberate. Adding invented factors would create a different instrument. Use the result to identify questions for a fuller conversation, not to replace one.
A safer next step
If someone wants to reduce or stop tobacco use, a clinician, pharmacist, smoking-cessation service, or local public-health programme can help compare behavioural support and approved treatment options.
Seek urgent medical care for urgent symptoms rather than completing a questionnaire first. Do not use this page to select medication, change a dose, or judge another person.
FAQs
Is a high score a diagnosis? No. It is a screening result that may indicate stronger physical dependence and a reason to discuss support. Is the score for vaping or smokeless tobacco? The cited questionnaire was developed around cigarette smoking; do not silently transfer it to another product.
Why does a non-smoker receive no score? The six-item total is intended for the current-smoking context. What should I save? Keep the answers, date, product context, and questions you want to discuss with a qualified professional.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence Calculator?
Score the six-item Fagerström nicotine-dependence screening questionnaire with a visible item total and a clear boundary between screening and clinical care.
What is the formula for the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence Calculator?
For a current smoker, FTND score = time-to-first-cigarette points + forbidden-place points + most-important-cigarette point + cigarettes-per-day points + morning-frequency point + illness point; total range 0–10. The calculator reproduces the published six-item scoring structure and keeps the non-scored current-smoking gate visible. It reports the score band as a screening description, never as a diagnosis or an instruction to start, stop, or change treatment.
What do I need to use this calculator?
Enter Do you currently smoke?, How soon after waking do you smoke?, Is it difficult to refrain where smoking is forbidden?, Which cigarette would you hate most to give up?, How many cigarettes per day?, Do you smoke more frequently during the first hours after waking?, Do you smoke when you are so ill you stay in bed most of the day?, then choose Calculate.
What are the limits of this calculator?
The visitor answers the questions about current tobacco use honestly and for the same period of time. The six scored items and their response points follow the cited Fagerström scoring table. A person who marks current smoking as no is not assigned a dependence score by this page. The tool does not distinguish cigarettes from other nicotine products or model withdrawal symptoms. Score bands describe dependence intensity in a screening context and are not a diagnosis. Medication choice, dose, cessation planning, pregnancy, mental health, and medical history are outside the calculation. A qualified health professional should interpret a result when treatment, withdrawal, or safety is a concern.
Methodology
This calculator is part of the WorldCalculate library. Its formula, example, assumptions, input bounds, and output formatting follow the official methodology.
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