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Nearly 25%

of surgical patients smoked cigarettes in the state of Michigan – higher than the national average.

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Howard R, Singh K, Englesbe M. Prevalence and Trends in Smoking Among Surgical Patients in Michigan, 2012-2019. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(3):e210553. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0553

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Less than 10%

of smokers quit spontaneously each year

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Howard R, Singh K, Englesbe M. Prevalence and Trends in Smoking Among Surgical Patients in Michigan, 2012-2019. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(3):e210553. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0553

More than 50%

Of patients undergoing surgery for smoking-related diseases successfully quit after surgery

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Surgeons have an �opportunity to help patients quit.

Major health events like surgery can change a patient’s entire outlook on

life—motivating them to make changes in their health that they

may not have previously considered or were unable to make.

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Major health events like surgery can change a patient’s entire outlook on life—motivating them to make changes in their health that they may not have previously considered or were unable to make.

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Sadeq A. Quraishi, Fredrick K. Orkin, Michael F. Roizen, The anesthesia preoperative assessment: an opportunity for smoking cessation intervention, Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, Volume 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 635-640, ISSN 0952-8180,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2006.05.014.

The risk of intraoperative cardiovascular and pulmonary complications for smokers is

2-5 times greater

than a non-smoker

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