Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Tobacco use can be the most common preventable cause of death. Smoking-related disorders such as pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases increase perioperative risk, and smoking itself could increase the risk of morbidity, which may be reduced by abstinence from smoking. ⋯ However, it is important to know the fact that some important adverse effects in pulmonary and cardiovascular system induced by nicotine and CO could be restored within 24 to 48 hours of smoking cessation. Thus, even in the brief preoperative period, it is important that medical staff (including anesthesiologists, surgeons, and nurses) should advise patients to quit tobacco use.