A nurse managed smoking cessation and relapse prevention programme did not reduce smoking rates at 12 months beyond rates achieved by usual care in women with cardiovascular diseaseHigh rates of sustained smoking cessation in women hospitalized with cardiovascular disease: the Womens Initiative for Nonsmoking WINS.

Peterson, Wendy RN, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow (commentator)
Sivarajan Froelicher, ES
Miller, NH
Christopherson, DJ
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School of Nursing, University of Ottawa Ottawa, Canada

Sivarajan Froelicher ES, Miller NH, Christopherson DJ, et al. High rates of sustained smoking cessation in women hospitalized with cardiovascular disease: the Women’s Initiative for Nonsmoking (WINS). Circulation 2004; 109: 587–93.Sivarajan FroelicherESMillerNHChristophersonDJet alHigh rates of sustained smoking cessation in women hospitalized with cardiovascular disease: the Womens Initiative for Nonsmoking WINS.Circulation2004109587-93Q Is a nurse managed, cognitive behavioural, smoking cessation and relapse prevention programme effective for women admitted to hospital with cardiovascular disease (CVD)?

For correspondence: Professor E S Sivarajan Froelicher, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. [email protected]

Sources of funding: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; nicotine patches donated by Hoechst, Marion and Rousseau and SmithKlineBeecham.

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