It has been known for almost half a century that cigarette smoking is deleterious to human
health [ 1]. Two recent editorials in the Journal have focused on nicotine addiction and …

Nearly 60 years ago, the Framingham Heart Study first reported on the association between
smoking and coronary heart disease on a population-based level. 1, 2 Since then …

According to the World Health Or-ganisation, one third of the total adult population of the
world—that is, around 1.1 billion people—are smokers. At world level, smoking causes 3.5 …

'Not bad—but could do better'must be the verdict on the EUROASPIRE survey of recorded
smoking status and interventions following cardiovascular events reported in this issue [1] …

In another study, follow up over 13 years of post-MI patients showed a 37% mortality in those
who had stopped smoking, compared with 82% mortality in those who continued smoking. 9 …

A link between smoking and coronary heart disease was noted> 50 years ago, and much
evidence for a causal role for smoking has accrued since then. A large meta-analysis of …

Tables 1 and 2 review 19 observational studies, exploring differences in mortality or (re-)
infarction between patients who quit or continue smoking after a coronary event [ 6–24] …

In their Heart publication, Lloyd et al 1 collected close to 1800 patients with ST-elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI) in England. They found that smokers were more common in …

Smoking in Austria is prevalent and dangerous. One of the authors (DC) has recently
worked as a visiting Professor of Cardiology at the University of Vienna, and noted with …

Smoking is one of the major coronary risk factors and is responsible for 50% of all avoidable
deaths, half of which are due to cardiovascular diseases [ 1]. Smoking cessation …