A 66-year-old patient presents to the clinic complaining of dyspnea and wheezing. The patient reports a smoking history of two packs of cigarettes per day since age 16. This would be recorded in the chart as:

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Pack-years are calculated by multiplying the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day by the number of years the person has smoked. In this case, 2 packs per day for 50 years equals 100-pack years.

A 66-Year-Old Patient Presents to the Clinic Complaining of Dyspnea