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Smoking cessation after a myocardial infarction significantly reduces coronary mortality and all-cause mortality.
If you smoke and have heart disease, quitting is the single most effective thing you can do to extend your life. It cuts your risk of dying from heart issues by nearly half. Seek professional help, including medications like varenicline or NRT, to increase your chances of success.
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Stopping smoking after a myocardial infarction is a really effective preventive action. A meta-analysis of smoking cessation after a myocardial infarction showed a relative risk reduction for coronary mortality of 46% and a Cochrane meta-analysis reported a 36% reduction in all cause mortality.
Why this rating
Based on meta-analyses cited in the paper.
Source
EUROASPIRE IV: A European Society of Cardiology survey on the lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management of coronary patients from 24 European countries
Kornelia Kotseva et al. · European Journal of Preventive Cardiology · 2015
cross_sectional · n=7998Cited 1,000×
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