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Tob Control 2000;9:i59 doi:10.1136/tc.9.suppl_1.i59
  • Targetting special populations for tobacco intervention in managed care

Smoking cessation interventions for patients with heart disease

  1. Sally S Foland
  1. Kaiser Permanente Regional Offices, Prevention Department, 10350 East Dakota Avenue, Denver, CO 80231, USA; Sally.S.Foland@KP.org

      Smoking is major risk factor for cardiovascular disease; 40% of cardiovascular deaths are attributed to smoking.1 For individuals who have been smokers and who experience a cardiac event, quitting reduces the risk of a recurrent event by 50%.1

      In July 1996, Kaiser Permanente-Colorado implemented the MULTIFIT cardiac rehabilitation and risk reduction program. The MULTIFIT program is a nurse case managed, home based model with risk reduction interventions for smoking cessation, diet management, exercise, and lipid management with drug treatment. It is the result of a research study which took place from 1988 to 1991 conducted by Stanford University and Northern California Kaiser Permanente.2Candidates of the program include individuals recently hospitalised for …

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