Deck 12: Tobacco and Smoking

Question 1

For those who seek help for smoking, guidelines such as those of the Surgeon General can be followed (Fiore, 2008). For smokers who are willing to quit, ______ are a useful framework.

A) the 3 K's
B) the 7 A's
C) the 12 steps
D) the 5 A's

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Please read this extract from Chapter 9 of the textbook and fill in the missing words for the MCQs that follow it:
Methodological problems exist within many RCTs that compare NRT to (2) ______. This is because smokers in the (3) ______ condition can detect that they are not receiving any (4) ______ (Mooney, White, & Hatsukami, 2004; Polito, 2008). Dar, Stronguin and Etter (2005) found that (5) ______ group members were 3.3 times more likely to correctly guess that they had received placebo than to incorrectly guess that they had received nicotine (54.5% v. 16.4%). If the trials in a RCT are not (6) ______, the findings give a misleading picture of treatment effectiveness.
-The missing word (2) is ______.

A) nicotine
B) control
C) double blind
D) placebos

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Please read this extract from Chapter 9 of the textbook and fill in the missing words for the MCQs that follow it:
Methodological problems exist within many RCTs that compare NRT to (2) ______. This is because smokers in the (3) ______ condition can detect that they are not receiving any (4) ______ (Mooney, White, & Hatsukami, 2004; Polito, 2008). Dar, Stronguin and Etter (2005) found that (5) ______ group members were 3.3 times more likely to correctly guess that they had received placebo than to incorrectly guess that they had received nicotine (54.5% v. 16.4%). If the trials in a RCT are not (6) ______, the findings give a misleading picture of treatment effectiveness.
-The missing word (3) is ______.

A) nicotine
B) control
C) placebos
D) placebo

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Please read this extract from Chapter 9 of the textbook and fill in the missing words for the MCQs that follow it:
Methodological problems exist within many RCTs that compare NRT to (2) ______. This is because smokers in the (3) ______ condition can detect that they are not receiving any (4) ______ (Mooney, White, & Hatsukami, 2004; Polito, 2008). Dar, Stronguin and Etter (2005) found that (5) ______ group members were 3.3 times more likely to correctly guess that they had received placebo than to incorrectly guess that they had received nicotine (54.5% v. 16.4%). If the trials in a RCT are not (6) ______, the findings give a misleading picture of treatment effectiveness.
-The missing word (4) is______.

A) nicotine
B) control
C) double blind
D) placebo

Question 5

Please read this extract from Chapter 9 of the textbook and fill in the missing words for the MCQs that follow it:
Methodological problems exist within many RCTs that compare NRT to (2) ______. This is because smokers in the (3) ______ condition can detect that they are not receiving any (4) ______ (Mooney, White, & Hatsukami, 2004; Polito, 2008). Dar, Stronguin and Etter (2005) found that (5) ______ group members were 3.3 times more likely to correctly guess that they had received placebo than to incorrectly guess that they had received nicotine (54.5% v. 16.4%). If the trials in a RCT are not (6) ______, the findings give a misleading picture of treatment effectiveness.
-The missing word (5) is ______.

A) control
B) double blind
C) placebos
D) placebo

Question 6

Please read this extract from Chapter 9 of the textbook and fill in the missing words for the MCQs that follow it:
Methodological problems exist within many RCTs that compare NRT to (2) ______. This is because smokers in the (3) ______ condition can detect that they are not receiving any (4) ______ (Mooney, White, & Hatsukami, 2004; Polito, 2008). Dar, Stronguin and Etter (2005) found that (5) ______ group members were 3.3 times more likely to correctly guess that they had received placebo than to incorrectly guess that they had received nicotine (54.5% v. 16.4%). If the trials in a RCT are not (6) ______, the findings give a misleading picture of treatment effectiveness.
-The missing word (6) is ______.

A) nicotine
B) double blind
C) placebos
D) placebo

Question 7

The most popular method of smoking cessation remains '______' (abrupt cessation).

A) old chicken
B) hot dog
C) scaredy cat
D) cold turkey

Question 8

Concerns about e-cigarettes include lack of sufficient scientific data about their ______.

A) safety
B) effectiveness as smoking cessation aids
C) ability to deliver enough nicotine to satisfy withdrawal effects
D) all of these

Question 9

Many group treatment programmes use ______.

A) swimming
B) the buddy system
C) speed walking
D) gardening

Question 10

The QUIT FOR LIFE Programme encourages a steady reduction of cigarette consumption over ______.

A) two to three days
B) three to five days
C) five to seven days
D) seven to ten days