Life Years Gained From Smoking-Cessation Counseling After Myocardial Infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is an opportune time to counsel smokers to quit. Studies have demonstrated lower short-term mortality for counseled versus non-counseled smokers; yet, little is known about the long-term survival benefits of post-AMI smoking-cessation counseling (SCC).

Methods

Data from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project, a prospective cohort study of elderly patients with AMI between 1994 and 1996 with >17 years of follow-up, were used to evaluate the association of SCC with short- and long-term mortality in smokers with AMI. Life expectancy and years of potential life gained were used to quantify the long-term survival benefits of SCC. Cox proportional hazards models with exponential extrapolation were used to estimate

SUBMITTER: Bucholz EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5459385 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature