Evaluation of smoking cessation treatment initiated during hospitalization in patients with heart disease or respiratory disease.
Thaís GarciaSílvia Aline Dos Santos AndradeAngélica Teresa BiralAndré Luiz BertaniLaura Miranda de Oliveira CaramTalita Jacon CezareIrma de GodoySuzana Erico TanniPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2019)
In our sample, smoking cessation rates at six months after hospital discharge were higher among the patients with RD than among those with HD, as were treatment adherence rates. The implementation of smoking cessation programs for hospitalized patients with different diseases, delivered by the health care teams that treat these patients, is necessary for greater effectiveness in smoking cessation.