Smoking Habit in Severe XXXX after bariatric procedures.

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BACKGROUND: Bariatric procedures provide an effective means of short term weight loss and sustained weight control for the morbidly @entity28 . The effect of bariatric procedures on smoking habit in @entity28 subjects is not well known. Therefore, we examined the short term effect of bariatric surgery on smoking habit of severe @entity28 @entity1 up to 12  months from the intervention. @entity1 AND METHODS: Smoking habit was assessed in a cohort of 78 morbid smoking @entity28 @entity1 followed at our clinic for bariatric procedures. They underwent non surgical intra-gastric balloon (IB) or surgical procedures such as lap-band laparoscopic surgery (LAGB) or sleeve gastrectomy/gastric by-pass (SPG). Subjects were administered a written questionnaire about their smoking habit before and 3, 6 and 12  months after the procedures. RESULTS: No differences were found among the three groups at 6 and 12  months after the procedures (IB 21  %, LAGB 6  %, SPG 5  %; and IB 14  %, LAGB 3  %, SPG 5  %). Only after 3  months, the rate of quitting of the IB group was higher than LAGB and SPG groups (36  %, 6  % and 5  %, respectively; p   =   0.02). CONCLUSIONS: Bariatric procedures have no effects on smoking habit of moderate-to-heavy smoker severe @entity28 @entity1 . The use of other traditional smoking cessation methods in @entity1 undergone to bariatric procedures should be implemented.
