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SMLE Question #11632
Medicine / Internal Medicine
Psychiatry
Objective: OBJ-253
Last updated: February 2026
A 45-year-old man who smokes 1 pack of cigarettes daily requests help to quit. He states he wants to stop smoking and has set a quit date for next week. He has purchased nicotine patches but has not yet reduced or stopped smoking. According to the transtheoretical model of change, which stage of behavior change best describes this patient?
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