Readiness for smoking cessation in coronary heart disease patients across Europe: Results from the EUROASPIRE III survey

Conclusions
One-quarter of CHD patients across Europe who were smoking prior to hospitalisation have no intention to quit, and an additional quarter is thinking of quitting or planning to quit. Patients who are younger, do not attend cardiac rehabilitation, have severe depressive symptoms, have been smoking for longer periods of time and are exposed to ETS may need to be specifically targeted in cessation interventions.

Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - August 10, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prugger, C., Wellmann, J., Heidrich, J., De Bacquer, D., De Backer, G., Perier, M.-C., Empana, J.-P., Reiner, Z., Fras, Z., Jennings, C., Kotseva, K., Wood, D., Keil, U., on behalf of the EUROASPIRE Study Group Tags: Original scientific paper Source Type: research