A nurse is conducting a smoking cessation clinic. What information about smoking does the nurse include in the teaching component of the program?
a. A pack-year history is the length of time, in years, a person has smoked.
b. Smokeless tobacco is harmless because the carcinogens have been removed.
c. Smoking causes more cancer in the United States than do all other causes com-bined.
d. The risk of cancer for someone who stops smoking does not improve.
C
There is a direct linear relationship between the amount and number of years a person has smoked and cancer risk. Tobacco is the most important known cause of cancer in the United States. A pack-year history is the number of cartons smoked a day multiplied by the number of years a person has smoked. While some carcinogens have been removed from smokeless tobacco, "chew" remains a leading cause of oral cancer. After a person quits smoking, the chances of getting lung cancer actually diminish.
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