The nurse meets with patients who quit smoking, or are planning to quit. Which statement made by a patient would lead the nurse to conclude that that patient is in the maintenance stage of change?
a. "I haven't smoked in 2 weeks, but I have to constantly resist the urge to light a cigarette."
b. "I don't even think about cigarettes anymore. I really don't miss smoking."
c. "Each day I don't smoke, I put money that I would have spent in a jar to pay for a vacation."
d. "I am chewing gum and eating carrot sticks to keep myself from lighting a cigarette."
ANS: C
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