Smoking Cessation without Educational Instruction Could Promote the Development of Metabolic Syndrome.

CONCLUSIONS: Smoking cessation without instruction could be followed by the development of metabolic syndrome, and the incidence of metabolic syndrome might reduce the benefit obtained from smoking cessation. Therefore, further educational outreach is needed to prevent the progression of metabolic syndrome during the course of smoking cessation. PMID: 28592705 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592705?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis - June 9, 2017 Category: Cardiology Tags: J Atheroscler Thromb Source Type: research