Patients Who Gave Up Smoking Before Surgery Had Half As Many Complications Afterwards

Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 10:49 in Health & Medicine

21% of smokers who received help to quit smoking had post-op problems, compared with 41% who continued smoking. Smokers who took part in the eight-week program were more than twice as likely to be smoke free at 12 months as those in the control group with better success rates if they had a high BMI or were employed.

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