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Quitting

True or False Quiz About Quitting Smoking

This quiz helps you to better understand the fact and fiction surrounding the act of kicking the smoking habit.

1. _____ Kicking the smoking habit is easy to do.

2. _____ When an individual quits smoking, they decrease in their chances of dying from smoke-related disease.

3. _____ 30 million people in the United States today claim that they would like to quit smoking but cannot seem to stop.

4. _____ Switch to a cigarette brand that you dislike to help yourself quit smoking.

5. _____ Increase the number of cigarettes that you smoke daily to help yourself quit smoking.

6. _____ Zyban is the first non-nicotine, FDA-approved pill that can be used to help an individual quit smoking.

7. _____ Individuals who are trying to quit smoking often find it helpful to learn behavioral coping skills, undergo counseling, and attend support groups.

8. _____ Nicotine Replacement therapy patches provide the user with all of the chemicals in cigarettes.

9. _____ Hypnosis addresses both the false comfort and psychological addiction aspects of smoking.

10. _____ Nicotine replacement therapies, such as smoking cessation, gum and nicotine patches, help to reduce the nicotine withdrawal symptoms that individuals experience when they try to quit smoking.

1. False, 2. True, 3. True, 4. True, 5. False, 6. True, 7. True, 8. False, 9. False, 10. True

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