Background Smoking cessation after myocardial infarction (MI) is an important goal for
secondary prevention of mortality. Whether new initiatives to promote cessation improve …

BACKGROUND: Smoking cessation is associated with improved health outcomes, but the
prevalence, predictors, and mortality benefit of inpatient smoking-cessation counseling after …

Study Objective: To determine the effect of a nurse-managed intervention for smoking
cessation in patients who have had a myocardial infarction. Design: Randomized, with a 6 …

Objective: To determine the impact of an episode of serious cardiovascular disease on
smoking behavior and to identify factors associated with smoking cessation in this setting …

Background. Smoking cessation after myocardial infarction (MI) has been associated with a
50% reduction in mortality but in-hospital smoking cessation interventions are rarely part of …

Background: Tobacco cessation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) substantially
improves outcome but how effective individual programmes are needs to be established. To …

Objective To determine the effect of smoking cessation on mortality after myocardial
infarction. Data Sources English-and non–English-language articles published from 1966 …

BACKGROUND: A hospital admission for a serious cardiac event offers a unique opportunity
for smoking cessation. Understanding the factors that predict and enhance cessation among …

Background Smoking cessation is probably the most important single action after a coronary
event. In order to increase the effectiveness of smoking cessation programs, it is important to …

Objectives: We compared long-term survival after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) of never-
smokers, pre-AMI quitters, post-AMI quitters, and persistent smokers and assessed whether …