A low-income, 67-year-old Asian American gentleman who has been a light smoker of a quarter pack of cigarettes per day for 30 years presents to your local community health clinic for his routine annua

A low-income, 67-year-old Asian American gentleman who has been a light smoker of a quarter pack of cigarettes per day for 30 years presents to your local community health clinic for his routine annual physician examination.

Prompt: In your short paper, address the following:

 What are the possible cellular changes that have occurred within the patient’s body related to his history of smoking? For example, how can the cellular changes affect the cardiovascular system?

 What are the pathophysiology issues that must be addressed due to changes at the cellular level?

 If this individual quit smoking today, what physiologic process would occur at the cellular level?

 How do ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic status influence the development of cardiovascular disease?

 How do ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic status increase the risk of this gentleman developing chronic disease?

Guidelines for Submission: Your short paper should be submitted as a Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. The paper should be a minimum of 2 pages in length. Support your paper with relevant peer-reviewed sources, cited according to APA style.