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RIGOTTI: Helping smokers with cardiac disease to abstain from tobacco after a stay in hospital 

Jump to full article: Canadian Medical Association Journal (ca), 2009-06-23
Author: Nancy A. Rigotti, MD

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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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