A True or False Quiz

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A True or False Quiz

• for clinicians on helping patients quit smoking

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1. It takes a lot of time to work with patients
on smoking cessation.

• FALSE
• It can take less than 30 seconds.

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2. It takes a lot of knowledge to counsel
patients to quit smoking.

• FALSE
• All you have to do is ask whether they smoke or
  use tobacco.
• If they do, just send them to a telephone
  quitline. The quitline will take it from there.

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3. Intervening with patients who smoke is worth
the time and effort.

• TRUE
• Tobacco is still the leading preventable cause of
  death and disability.
• Just sending smokers to quitlines can more than
  double their chances of success in quitting.

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4. Patients would rather have face-to-face
counseling.

• FALSE
• Studies show that patients prefer the anonymity
  and convenience of telephone quitlines to
  clinical counseling.

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5. Smoking patients dont want you interfering
with their lives.

• FALSE
• Studies show that even smoking patients who dont
  want to quit now expect their clinicians to talk
  to them about smoking.