J A Simon1, W S Browner, D T Mangano. 1. General Internal Medicine Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco 94121.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We studied 235 smokers who were admitted for major noncardiac surgery and who survived hospitalization to determine the frequency and predictors of smoking relapse 1 year after hospitalization. METHODS: We analyzed data collected prospectively from the Study of Perioperative Ischemia. We determined smoking status by self-report. RESULTS: At 12 months posthospitalization, 142 (76%) of the 186 surviving patients had resumed smoking. Significant independent predictors of relapse at 12 months were a history of alcohol abuse and a history of heavy cigarette smoking (P less than 0.01 and P less than 0.05, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Since smokers commonly undergo surgery, the perioperative period provides a valuable window of opportunity for smoking cessation interventions designed to decrease the high rate of smoking relapse after surgery.
OBJECTIVES: We studied 235 smokers who were admitted for major noncardiac surgery and who survived hospitalization to determine the frequency and predictors of smoking relapse 1 year after hospitalization. METHODS: We analyzed data collected prospectively from the Study of Perioperative Ischemia. We determined smoking status by self-report. RESULTS: At 12 months posthospitalization, 142 (76%) of the 186 surviving patients had resumed smoking. Significant independent predictors of relapse at 12 months were a history of alcohol abuse and a history of heavy cigarette smoking (P less than 0.01 and P less than 0.05, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Since smokers commonly undergo surgery, the perioperative period provides a valuable window of opportunity for smoking cessation interventions designed to decrease the high rate of smoking relapse after surgery.
Authors: M C Fiore; T E Novotny; J P Pierce; G A Giovino; E J Hatziandreu; P A Newcomb; T S Surawicz; R M Davis Journal: JAMA Date: 1990 May 23-30 Impact factor: 56.272