An older patient smoked tobacco most of the adult life.When planning health promotion education for this patient,the nurse includes information that such smoking:

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Although the major host factor associated with community-acquired pneumonia is advanced age,smoking,alcohol abuse,chronic lung disease,recent history of viral upper respiratory tract infection,and neurologic disease are other contributing factors.

An Older Patient Smoked Tobacco Most of the Adult Life