Predictors of smoking relapse after noncardiac surgery

J.A. Simon, W.S. Browner and D.T. Mangano

American Journal of Public Health, 1992, vol. 82, issue 9, 1235-1237

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

Date: 1992
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