Public HealthHealth BehaviorHealth PromotionPulmonary Function TestingPulmonologyTobacco ControlForced Expiratory VolumeForced Vital CapacityLung VolumesSmoking CessationTobacco CessationTobacco Use CessationAge Effects On Forced Expiratory VolumeForced Expiratory TimeForced Expiratory Volume AssessmentForced Expiratory Volume DeclineForced Expiratory Volume Measurement QualityLung Function DeclinePulmonary AgingSpirometry
Perform spirometry on patients who smoke-even if they're asymptomatic-and show them their lung age-that is, the average age of a nonsmoker with a forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV1) equal to theirs. Doing so can help patients kick the habit.