Smoking Case
A 40-Year-Old Who Smokes Three Packs of Cigarettes a Day, comes to your office for his routine health maintenance assessment. He states that he would like to quit smoking but is having great difficulty.
- He has tried three times before, but he says, “Pressures at work mounted up, and I just had to go back to smoking.”
- The patient has a history of mild hypertension. His blood cholesterol level is normal.
- His family history is significant for premature cardiovascular disease and death.
Which of the following disease(s) has (have) been linked to cigarette smoking?
- a. carcinoma of the larynx
- b. hypertension
- c. abruptio placentae
- d. Alzheimer disease
Which is the most important factor in determining the success of a smoking cessation program in an individual?
- the desire of the patient to quit smoking
- a pharmacologic agent as a part of the smoking cessation program
- the inclusion of a behavior modification component to the program
- physician advice to quit smoking
- repeated office visits.