TY - JOUR T1 - A comprehensive smoking cessation programme after surgery increased 1 year quit rates JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 46 LP - 46 DO - 10.1136/ebn.1.2.46 VL - 1 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 1998/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/1/2/46.abstract N2 - Simon JA, Solkowitz SN, Carmody TP , et al. Smoking cessation after surgery. A randomised trial. Arch Intern Med 1997 Jun 23; 157 : 1371 –6. OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science To determine whether a multicomponent smoking cessation programme given to adults in hospital for non-cardiac surgery will increase long term quit rates.Randomised controlled trial with 12 month follow up.A Veterans Affairs hospital in California, USA.324 adults (mean age 54 y, 68% white, 98% men) in hospital for a minimum of 2 days for non-cardiac surgery. Adults were included if they smoked (defined as any amount of tobacco used within 2 wks of hospital admission) and were ready to quit smoking (in the contemplation or action stage of quitting described in the Stages of Change Theory). Exclusion criteria were terminal illness and contraindications to nicotine replacement therapy. The intention to treat analysis included the 299 adults … ER -