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quit smoking
UK/kwɪt ˈsməʊkɪŋ/US/kwɪt ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/QUIT SMOK·ing
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to stop the habit of smoking tobacco
Examples
“He quit smoking two years ago and feels much healthier.”
“Many public health campaigns encourage people to quit smoking.”
“Quitting smoking is hard, but support groups can help.”
Band 8 sentence
“After several failed attempts, he used nicotine replacement therapy and finally quit smoking for good.”
Collocations
- try to quit smoking
- quit smoking for good
Word family
quit verbsmoking noun/gerundsmoker noun
Common mistakes
stop smoking→quit smoking
quit to smoke→quit smoking
Say it for a higher band
5stop smoking→6give up smoking→7+quit smoking
Synonyms
give up smoking
Easily confused
give up smoking
“He finally gave up smoking after his second child was born.”
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