Factors associated with changes in inpatients' smoking pattern during hospitalization and one month after discharge: A cohort study.
Ariadna FeliuSofia RavaraSophia PapadakisMarta EnriquezLaura AntónJudith SauraAssumpta CompanyOlga RomeroRuth RipollAngels RuzJosé PreciosoIvone PascoalLídia VideiraClaudia CorreiaSoraia FerreiraEsteve FernandezCristina MartínezPublished in: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2021)
Three-quarters of the inpatients who smoke remain abstinent during hospitalization and over half achieve to maintain their abstinence or at least reduce their consumption one month after discharge, proving that admission to hospitals is an excellent teachable moment to quit smoking.