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A True or False Quiz

1. It takes a lot of time to work with patients on smoking cessation.. FALSEIt can take less than 30 seconds.. 2. It takes a lot of knowledge to counsel patients to quit smoking.. FALSEAll you have to do is ask whether they smoke or use tobacco.If they do, just send them to a telephone quitline

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A True or False Quiz

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    1. A True or False Quiz for clinicians on helping patients quit smoking

    2. 1. It takes a lot of time to work with patients on smoking cessation. FALSE It can take less than 30 seconds.

    3. 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.

    4. 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.

    5. 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.

    6. 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.

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