OTS Technical Documentation

The Ontario Tobacco Survey (OTS) is a provincial longitudinal survey of smokers and a cross-sectional survey of nonsmokers. It was undertaken to evaluate and inform the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy and to gain a better understanding of the processes of, and influences on, smoking cessation and relapse.

Publications and supporting documents will be published on this page as they become available.

Technical Documents

Technical Report 1: Survey Methodology and Baseline Data

• OTS Technical Report 1
• Appendix A1: OTS C1 Baseline Questionnaire
• Appendix A2: OTS C2 Baseline Questionnaire
• Appendix A3: OTS C3 Baseline Questionnaire
• Appendix A4: OTS C4 Baseline Questionnaire
• Appendix A5: OTS C5 Baseline Questionnaire
• Appendix A6: OTS C6 Baseline Questionnaire
• Appendix B: OTS Question Database
• Appendix C: OTS Derived Variable Specifications
• Appendix D: OTS Data Dictionary
• OTS Baseline Question Database and Question Changes (.xls – right click and “save as”)

Technical Report 2: Follow-up Methodology, Six and Twelve Month Data

• OTS Technical Report 2
• Appendix A1: OTS F1 Cohort 1 Questionnaire (January – June 2006
• Appendix A2: OTS F1 Cohort 2 Questionnaire (July – December 2006)
• Appendix A3: OTS F1 Cohort 3 Questionnaire (January – June 2007)
• Appendix A4: OTS F1 Cohort 4 Questionnaire (July – December 2007)
• Appendix A5: OTS F1 Cohort 5 Questionnaire (January – June 2008)
• Appendix A6: OTS F2 Cohort 1 Questionnaire (July – December 2006)
• Appendix A7: OTS F2 Cohort 2, F3 Cohort 1 Questionnaire (January – June 2007)
• Appendix A8: OTS F2 Cohort 3, F3 Cohort 2 Questionnaire (July – December 2007)
• Appendix A9: OTS F2 Cohort 4, F3 Cohort 3 Questionnaire (January – June 2008)
• Appendix A10: OTS F1 Cohort 6, F2 Cohort 5, F3 Cohort 4 Questionnaire (July – December 2008)
• Appendix A11: OTS F2 Cohort 6, F3 Cohort 5 Questionnaire (January – June 2009)
• Appendix B: OTS Follow-up Question Database (updated September 2010)
• Appendix C: OTS Derived Variables
• Appendix D: OTS Follow-up 1 Data Dictionary (6-month data)
• Appendix E: OTS Follow-up 2 Data Dictionary (12-month data)
• OTS Follow-up Question Database and Question Changes (.xls – right click and “save as”)

Follow-up 3 Summary Report: Eighteen Month Data

• OTS Follow-up 3 Summary Report: Eighteen Month Data
• Appendix A1: OTS F3 Cohort 6 Questionnaire (July – December 2009)
• Appendix B: OTS Follow-up 3 Data Dictionary (18-month data)

Follow-up 4 Summary Report: Twenty-Four Month Data

• OTS Follow-up 4 Summary Report: Twenty-Four Month Data
• Appendix A: OTS MDS Questionnaire F4, F5, F6 (January – June 2010)