title: [Survey of the preoperative smoking cessation in patients for elective surgery in a university hospital].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In 2006, we reported the smoking status of surgical patients, and the factors relating to preoperative abstinence from cigarettes. Recently implementation of smoke-free policies has increased in Japan. Therefore we performed preoperative interview of 1,124 patients scheduled for elective surgery in 2011 (during 6 months), and compared the results with those of the same interview of 1,968 patients in 2006 (during 12 months).
  
  
  METHODS
  Anesthesiologists interviewed all patients using a standardized questionnaire regarding: medical history, smoking history, and awareness of the risks of perioperative smoking.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Current smoking rate was not different between 2006 (7%) and 2011 (7%). It was more difficult to quit smoking preoperatively for female patients in 2011 (P = 0.030), and those with benign disease in both 2006 (P = 0.006) and 2011 (P = 0.050) [smoker vs ex-smoker (< three months)]. There was no improvement in awareness of the perioperative risk of smoking between 2006 and 2011.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  At present, the importance of perioperative smoking cessation has not been sufficiently well-known for the surgical patients. Health care workers should be more aware of the importance of informing patients that preoperative abstinence from cigarettes may decrease perioperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 501-1194.
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uematsu
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Mami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iida
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D003625:Data Collection; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057234:Preoperative Period; D016540:Smoking Cessation