
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).
 
 (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.