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FIRST recommended step in a smoking cessation program?

  1. Refer to cessation counselor
  2. Set a specific quit date
  3. Prescribe nicotine replacement therapy
  4. Prescribe varenicline
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Correct answer: B. Set a specific quit date

5 A's: Ask, Advise, Assess, ASSIST (set a SPECIFIC QUIT DATE within 2 weeks), Arrange. Setting a concrete quit date = critical first behavioral step before pharmacotherapy. Without commitment and quit date, medications are less effective.

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