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Canadian Medical Association Journal



Intensive in-hospital support doubles likelihood of smoking cessation in heart patients



July 12th, 2009

Patients admitted to hospital with coronary artery disease are twice as likely to quit smoking after receiving intensive smoking cessation support compared to minimal support, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg1297.pdf.

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.)

Other factors that contributed to successful...


Source: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (2009-07-12)

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