Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 89-90, March 2007

Effects of smoking on health

William A English, MRCP, FRCA, is Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia at the Bristol School of Anaesthesia. He qualified from the University of Nottingham and has an interest in intensive care medicine

Ruth Spencer, MRCP, FRCA, is consultant anaethetist at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol. Her main interests are anaesthesia for trauma, head and neck surgery, and management of the difficult airway

Abstract 

Currently, more than a quarter of the adult population smoke. This article considers the consequences both for associated disease and for perioperative complications. It also discusses the risks and benefits of stopping smoking immediately before surgery.

Keywords: associated conditions, cessation, perioperative effects, smoking

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PII: S1472-0299(06)00461-9

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2006.12.014

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 89-90, March 2007

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