An older man who is a smoker is hospitalized for orthopedic surgery. A nurse takes the oppor-tunity to provide smoking cessation education. The patient asks the nurse: "I have been smoking for most of my life, and I am an old man
Why are you wasting your time telling me to stop smoking? Isn't it too late?" The nurse bases the response on the knowledge that:
a. smoking cessation as late as age 75 can reduce premature death by up to 50%.
b. smoking cessation as late as age 75 can completely eliminate premature death.
c. smoking cessation at a late age will not impact the smoker but can reduce expo-sure of family members to second-hand smoke.
d. smoking cessation education is only effec-tive in individuals under age 75.
ANS: A
Smoking cessation as late as age 75 can reduce premature death by up to 50%. The remaining op-tions are not true.
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