What interventions would you recommend to assist B.T. in ...

[Brittanyd9008]

What interventions would you recommend to assist B.T. in addressing this behavior?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Of all of B.T.'s behaviors, which one is the most significant in promoting cardiac disease?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[anoriega3]

Answer to Question 1

Use your best powers of persuasion to get B.T. to work on smoking cessation. This is his biggest
risk factor and affects not only his health but also the health of his wife and children (children
exposed to cigarette smoke are more likely to have asthma and other diseases). Give B.T. and his
wife a list of smoking cessation classes, and explain how stopping smoking will reduce his risk for
heart attack. Assure him that, although it will not be easy, he can do it. He can consult his health
care provider about pharmacologic aids for smoking cessation, such as nicotine patches or gum,
varenicline (Chantix), and bupropion (Zyban), that might be helpful. The American Heart Association,
the American Lung Association, and the American Cancer Society all have excellent literature and
programs on smoking cessation.

Answer to Question 2

Without question, his smoking is the riskiest. According to the American Heart Association, a
smoker's risk of developing CAD is two to four times higher than that of nonsmokers. Those who
smoke a pack of cigarettes per day have more than twice the risk of nonsmokers for MI.