2.2.6. Brief Questionnaire of Smoking Urges (QSU)
The QSU (Cox, Tiffany, & Christen, 2001) is a 10-item self-report
measure that assesses craving to smoke. Participants are asked to rate
their level of agreement from 0 (strongly disagree) to 100 (strongly
agree). The QSU has a two-factor structure with factor one items
representing desire and intention to smoke (“I have a desire for a cigarette
right now”) and factor two items representing an anticipated relief
from negative affect (“Smoking would make me less depressed”). The
QSU has demonstrated good reliability and predictive validity (Cox et
al., 2001).