Cant Stop Smoking

I would not have the surgery??
He told me to stop smoking on the form

If you're healthy, it will not make much difference. With modern equipment, medications, anesthesia and you are not very likely to have complications, especially if particularly young people.


However, statistics are as follows: active and passive smoking puts the patient at increased risk when undergoing surgery and anesthesia with a higher incidence of perioperative complications and unplanned ICU admission.

Just in general, smokers have a higher rate of complications of anesthesia ..

Although, in reality, smokers are not generally stop smoking before surgery. If this is your case - it would be nothing better than to pick up the nicotine gum and chew at least the day of surgery. Even better if you could refrain from smoking the day before and the day.

you can stop breathing during anesthesia! My husband quit smoking and switched to snuff, not as good as quitting smoking, but it works