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Jump to full article: Canadian Medical Association Journal (ca), 2009-06-23
Author: Nancy A. Rigotti, MD
Intro: Key points
* Smoking cessation is a critical but often neglected component of the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
* Smokers who are admitted to hospital for cardiovascular disease benefit from smoking-cessation counselling that begins in hospital and continues for more than 1 month after discharge.
* Interventions for smoking cessation initiated in hospital need to be translated from research into routine clinical practice.
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