Managing Comorbidities Through Smoking Cessation
Post Test
A score of 70% must be achieved to receive continuing education credits.
 
1. What is the percentage of adults in the United States smoke?
a. 14
b. 21
c. 28
d. 35
2. Smoking harms only babies.
 a. True
 b. False
3. Nicotine is the primary compound that causes the adverse health affects.
 True
 False
4. In addition to _____ , cardiovascular disease is one of the primary adverse effects of smoking
 a. Asthma
 b. Cancer
 c. Wrinkles
 d. None of the above
5. Smoking is the ________ most important risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
a. Single
 b. Second
 c. Third
 d. Fourth
6. Generally, women who smoke will go through menopause at an ______ age.
 a. Earlier
b. Average
 c. Later
 d. None
7 Patients who smoke incur a higher number of costs, which are:
 a. Direct personal health care
 b. Medical expenditures
 c. Lost productivity
 d. All of the Above
8 By ____ years, an ex-smokers’ risk of cardiovascular disease is similar to that of people who have never smoked.
 a. 5
 b. 10
 c. 15
 d.
9 Within ___ years, the risk of stroke declines to that of someone who has never smoked.
  a. 2
  b. 3
c. 4
 d. 5
10. On average cigarette smokers die approximately ___ years younger than nonsmokers.
a. 5
b. 7
c. 10
d. 13
11. Smokers who receive assistance from a clinician are ___ to ___ times as likely to quit successfully for five or more months.
a. 1.7 to 2.2
b. 2.2. to 4.2
c. 3.2 to 4.2
d. 4.2 to 5.4
12. There are ___ stages of readiness for smoking cessation.
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
13. Quitting smoking is a process of behavioral change.
True
False
14. Patient who receive __________ are more successful in quitting.
a. Cognitive strategies
b. Behavioral strategies
c. Withdrawal management
d. Social support
15. In general pharmacotherapy will ____ a person’s chance of quitting successfully.
a. Double
b. Triple
c. Quadruple
16. Nicotine replacement therapy doesn’t provide the same levels of nicotine concentrations as a cigarette.
True
False
17. Patients are at significant risk for a relapse during the first six months after quitting.
True
False

 

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Due to the content of this activity, I will change my practice patterns by:

Use the 5 A’s on every patient that smokes
Provide better treatment options
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