Quitting smoking reduces your chances of having problems with your surgery

Quitting smoking for surgery can…. 

  • Reduce your risk of having problems with wound healing, like wound infections

  • Reduce your risk of having lung problems like pneumonia 

  • Help you recovery more quickly and safely from your surgery

Even if you are not ready to quit for good, if you “quit for a bit” (from the morning of surgery until one week after surgery) it can reduce your risk!

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JUST LIKE YOU SHOULD not eat on THE MORNING OF YOUR SURGERY,

YOU SHOULD ALSO not smoke cigarettes on the morning of surgery.