Open AccessDiscontinuation of Smokeless Tobacco and Mortality Risk After Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Gabriel Arefalk,
Kristina Hambræus,
Lars Lind,
Karl Michaëlsson,
Bertil Lindahl,
Johan Sundström
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.007252
Subject(s) - snus , medicine , smokeless tobacco , hazard ratio , confidence interval , discontinuation , myocardial infarction , relative risk , proportional hazards model , demography , environmental health , population , tobacco use , sociology
Given the indications of increased risk for fatal myocardial infarction (MI) in people who use snus, a moist smokeless tobacco product, we hypothesized that discontinuation of snus use after an MI would reduce mortality risk.
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