The nurse is conducting a health promotion class for adolescents. In counseling an adolescent about lifestyle choices, what should the adolescent eliminate in order to decrease the risk of the most preventable cause of adult death?
1. Alcohol use
2. Obesity
3. Tobacco use
4. Cocaine use
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale: Although all of these factors are preventable causes of mortality in the United States, tobacco use accounts for 438,000 deaths annually and is the most preventable cause of adult death.
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a. true b. false
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