The nurse assessing a client's risk of cancer from cigarette smoking notes that the client has smoked one-half pack per day for 10 years. The nurse calculates that this client has a history of
A) 2 pack-years.
B) 5 pack-years.
C) 10 pack-years.
D) 20 pack-years.

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A "pack-year" refers to the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day times the number of years the client has smoked $ (0.5 $ pack $ \times 10 $ years $ =5 $ pack $ - $ years $ ) $.

The Nurse Assessing a Client's Risk of Cancer from Cigarette