One Disadvantage of Using the Pack-Year Method for Calculating Cigarette

question 16

Multiple Choice

One disadvantage of using the pack-year method for calculating cigarette consumption is that:

• A)The method is not used widely throughout the United States.
• B)Advanced mathematical calculations are required to obtain the figure.
• C)The method does not reveal how many packs per day were smoked over how many years.
• D)The values are more meaningful to RTs and physicians than to other healthcare providers.

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