Canadian Medical Association Journal
Intensive in-hospital support doubles likelihood of smoking cessation in heart patients
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, July 12th, 2009
The study, a randomized clinical trial, compared intensive intervention with minimal intervention and found that patients admitted for open heart surgery (coronary artery bypass grafts) had significantly higher long-term abstinence rates at 1 year compared with those admitted for heart attacks (acute myocardial infarctions.)
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