A nurse computes the number of "pack years" of a 24-year-old man who has smoked packs of cigarettes every day since he was 15 years old. This patient has _____ pack years
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
13.5
Pack years are calculated by multiplying the number of years of smoking by the number of packs smoked each day. A 24-year-old patient who has smoked since he was 15 years of age = 9 years multiplied by 1.5 = 13.5.
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