Interactive Tool: Are You Ready To Quit Smoking?: Whats Next


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Quitting smoking, like most major lifestyle changes, is a process. Understanding where you fall in this process—your current stage of change—will help you and your doctor find the right strategy. For more information, see the topic Quitting Tobacco Use.

Adapted with permission from: Zimmerman GL, et al. (2000). A "stages of change" approach to helping patients change behavior. Figure 1. American Family Physician, 61(5): 1409–1416.



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Last updated: October 11, 2007
Author: Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS
Reviewed By: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, John Hughes, MD - Psychiatry
Editors: Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC

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