Upon taking a history of a patient,the nurse learns the patient smokes a pack of cigarettes per day.How should the nurse interpret this finding?

A) This is an example of a health belief.
B) This is an example of health promotion.
C) This is an example of a negative health behavior.
D) This is an example of a basic physiological human need.

Negative health behaviors include activities that are harmful to health,including smoking.Health beliefs are a person's ideas,convictions,and attitudes about health and illness.Health promotion activities such as routine exercise and good nutrition help patients maintain or enhance their present levels of health and reduce their risks for developing certain diseases.The lowest level of needs on the hierarchy consists of very basic physiological needs such as oxygen,water,food,sleep,and sex.