Podcast 545: So You Quit Smoking… Now What?

<p><strong>Author: Aaron Lessen, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New data shows within 5 years of smoking cessation, the risk of cardiovascular disease becomes half of those who continue to smoke</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">After 10-15 years of cessation, cardiovascular disease rates return to rates seen in non-smokers.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lung disease, COPD, and cancer rates do not decrease quite as rapidly, but do decrease</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s important to remind patients of the long-term health benefits associated with smoking cessation when counseling them.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Duncan MS, Freiberg MS, Greevy RA, Kundu S, Vasan RS, Tindle HA.</span> <a href= "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31429895"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Association of Smoking Cessation With Subsequent Risk of Cardiovascular Disease.</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">JAMA. 2019;322(7):642–650. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.10298</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Summarized by Jackson Roos, MS3 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p>