Specifying smoking statuses

You can specify the smoking status of a patient.

To specify a smoking status

In the Medical Alerts dialog box, click the smoking status button (the name and icon vary depending on the current status).

Note: If a smoking status has never been specified for the patient, the smoking status is "Never smoked tobacco" by default.

The Select Smoking Status dialog box appears.

Select a status:

Never smoked tobacco - Has smoked less than 100 cigarettes in lifetime.

Tobacco smoking consumption unknown - Unknown if ever has smoked.

Occasional tobacco user - Has smoked 100 or more cigarettes in lifetime and still does periodically but consistently.

Light tobacco user - Smokes less than 10 cigarettes (or equivalent) per day.

Heavy tobacco user - Smokes more than 10 cigarettes (or equivalent) per day.

Smokes tobacco daily - Has smoked 100 or more cigarettes in lifetime and still smokes daily.

Smoker - Has smoked 100 or more cigarettes in lifetime but currently unknown if still smokes.

Ex-smoker - Has smoked 100 or more cigarettes in lifetime but does not currently smoke.

To specify the Start Date of the smoking status, do one of the following:

To enter a date, do any of the following:

To change the month, click the month portion of the date and then enter a month as a 1-digit or 2-digit number.

To change the day, click the day portion of the date and then enter a day as a 1-digit or 2-digit number.

To change the year, click the year portion of the date and then enter a year as a 2-digit or 4-digit number.

To select a date, do the following:

Click the down-pointing arrow to view a month calendar.

Navigate to the correct month using the left and right arrows.

Note: To quickly change the year and month, click the month-year at the top of the calendar, navigate to the correct year using the left and right arrows, and then click the correct month.

Click the correct day.

Click Update.