A client was recently diagnosed with high cholesterol and decides to decline medication and to take garlic to lower cholesterol. This client is using which type of therapy?

Choice A reason: Creating local media campaigns to counter tobacco products is an evidence-based strategy for tobacco prevention among youth. These campaigns can raise awareness about the dangers of smoking, correct misinformation, and promote positive peer norms. Media outreach is especially effective when it includes youth voices and culturally relevant messaging.

Choice B reason: Hosting events that allow tobacco companies to advertise contradicts public health goals. Such exposure normalizes tobacco use and undermines prevention efforts. Adolescents are particularly susceptible to marketing tactics, and this approach would likely increase rather than decrease tobacco use.

Choice C reason: Asking markets to reduce the cost of tobacco products would make them more accessible and affordable, especially to youth. Lower prices are associated with increased consumption, and this strategy would directly oppose efforts to reduce tobacco use.

Choice D reason: Allowing tobacco companies to promote their products in youth community centers is highly inappropriate and dangerous. These centers are meant to support healthy development, and tobacco promotion in such spaces would expose adolescents to harmful influences and increase the risk of initiation.

Choice A reason: Complementary therapy is used alongside conventional medical treatments. In this case, the client is declining prescribed medication, so the garlic use is not complementary—it is being used as a substitute.

Choice B reason: Alternative therapy refers to using non-mainstream practices in place of conventional medicine. The client’s decision to use garlic instead of prescribed cholesterol-lowering medication fits this definition. Garlic has some lipid-lowering properties, but it is not a substitute for clinically indicated pharmacologic therapy.

Choice C reason: Integrative therapy combines conventional and complementary approaches in a coordinated way. Since the client is not using both together, this does not apply.

Choice D reason: Conventional therapy refers to standard medical treatment, such as prescribed medications. The client is choosing not to follow this route, so this option is incorrect.