The nurse is conducting a health promotion class to adolescents regarding smoking. Which point is most important to convey to this audience?
A) Teens are not strongly influenced by tobacco advertising.
B) Smoking causes lung cancer.
C) Cost is no deterrent to smoking.
D) Alcohol use is strongly associated with smoking.
Answer: B
Although alcohol abuse, a sedentary lifestyle, and drug abuse are preventable causes of mortality in the United States, smoking is now the number one cause of preventable death and disease for both men and women.
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