Which of the following should you tell her?

A 70-year-old woman who is in good health comes to your office for the first time. Her only disease prevention issue is that she smokes. While discussing this with her, which of the following should you tell her?

1.Assure her that 70 years of age is too old to be worrying about quitting smoking
2.At 70 years of age smoking is up to her and she is certainly mature enough to make her own decisions
3.If she got to be 70 years old and smokes,it is probably good for her
4.Inform her that her life expectancy may be 15 to 20 more years of longer, and that if she would like to try to quit smoking, you will assist her
5.Thirty five percent of people will die of cancer and the greatest risk factor we know of for developing cancer is smoking

sol:

Smoking is associated with heart disease, chronic respiratory disease, and multiple cancers (head, neck, lung, and cervix). While no one lives forever, a 70-year-old woman could easily live to be 90. Would not you help a 20-year-old live to age 40? Offer this woman smoking cessation therapy; she may be more interested than one might think. About 23% of all deaths in the United States are due to cancer.