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ABSTRACT: Background
In smokers with coronary artery diseases (CADs), smoking cessation (SC) is a major prevention goal. From the French national database of SC services (SCSs), CDTnet, we aimed to describe the social, medical, and smoking characteristics of smokers with CAD, as well as factors associated with their SC, according to sex.Methods
A retrospective study was conducted of smokers with CAD included in the CDTnet from January 2001 to December 2018. Endpoints were abstinence and reduction of daily cigarette consumption. Abstinence was defined as SC maintained for ≥ 28 consecutive days, confirmed by a carbon monoxide measure in exhaled breath testing < 10 parties per million, and reduction was defined as at least a halving of consumption compared to consumption at the time of
SUBMITTER: Allagbe I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC12277821 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature