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Question

Dalia is a 28-year-old graduate student. She has been smoking cigarettes since high school but has been trying to quit since last year because she would like to have children but doesn't want to smoke while pregnant. She's particularly afraid about lung cancer because both her uncle and cousin died of lung cancer and were heavy smokers. She first tried quitting 'cold turkey' but she only lasted 2 months. Then she tried again using a nicotine gum but only lasted 1 month. She thought she had succeeded on her last try with the help of nicotine patches, but she recently relapsed after 6 months. She is getting frustrated and desperate. Recently she was considering trying cannabis as one of her friends switched to it and never went back to cigarette afterward. Question 9 (2 points) As a good patient educator and strengths-based nurse, you would like to begin by alleviating Dalia's frustrations with the smoking cessation process. What harm-reduction-based information could you provide Dalia that would help her see/understand the positive aspects of her smoking cessation journey?