Action on Smoking and Health UK, Royal College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Faculty of Public Health. (2016) Briefing: Smoking and surgery. London: ASH.
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This briefing has been designed for health professionals and commissioners, to provide clear advice and examples of good practice in relation to smoking and surgery.
Contents:
• Summary of the evidence p.1
• Risks associated with smoking and surgery p.1
• Benefits of quitting smoking p.2
• Cost to the NHS p.2
• The role of health professionals p.3
• General Practitioners p.3
• Anaesthetists p.3
• Surgeons p.3
• Why hospitalisation is an opportune time to encourage patients to stop smoking p.4
• Stop smoking interventions and harm reduction p.4
• Behavioural support and stop smoking pharmacotherapies p.4
• Electronic cigarettes p.5
• What should smokers expect from the NHS ahead of surgery p.5
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