title: [Risk factor "smoking" : smoking cessation in patients with cardiovascular diseases].
abstract: Smoking is the most frequent cause of avoidable premature death. Annually, almost 6 million people die due to nicotine consumption. Comparing modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, smoking has the strongest impact on cardiovascular mortality. More than 50% of all premature myocardial infarctions are related to nicotine consumption. Even in patients with known coronary disease receiving optimal medical therapy, there is a remarkable additional preventive effect of smoking cessation detectable. Therefore, smoking cessation is an essential component of primary and secondary prevention strategies. Smoking cessation programs applying a combination of behavior therapy and supporting medical treatment have been demonstrated to be the most effective.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik 2, Universitätsklinik Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Deutschland. joachim.weil@uksh.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weil
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stritzke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schunkert
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012907:Smoking / Q000401:mortality*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D016896:Treatment Outcome