Social Smoking Environment and Associations With Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance

We examined whether smoking among social connections was associated with CR participation and continued smoking in cardiac patients. Methods: Participants included 149 patients hospitalized with an acute cardiac event who self-reported smoking prior to the hospitalization and were eligible for outpatient CR. Participants completed a survey on their smoking habits prior to hospitalization and 3 mo later. Participants were dichotomized into two groups by the proportion of friends or family currently smoking (“None-Few” vs “Some-Most”). Sociodemographic, health, secondhand smoke exposure, and smoking measures were compared using t tests and χ2 tests (P
Source: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Cardiac Rehabilitation Source Type: research