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February 24, 2014 by Maureen McCarty, HRC Deputy Director of Marketing
Today the Uganda President Yoweri Museveni signed the anti-homosexuality bill, which imposes a life sentence on those guilty of "aggravated homosexuality," into law.
Formerly known as the "Kill the Gays" bill, the anti-homosexuality bill once included the death penalty.
President Yoweri Museveni previously claimed he would not sign the bill because it was hurriedly passed. At the time, the president claimed the bill requires further study because while homosexuality is a "disgusting behavior" and an "alternative lifestyle," he believed that many are gay because of "financial inducements." For LGBT Ugandans, especially the young, he believes they can be "rescued" by improving Uganda's economy. Finally, the president suggested that unmarried women become lesbians due to "sexual starvation."
However, on February 16, President Museveni announced he intended to sign the bill and declared, "a war with the homosexual lobby."
Public outcry immediately followed Ugandan President's announcement. The White House called the law an "affront to the gay community" and a step backward for gay Ugandans. In a statement released today, the White House reiterated its position against the law. It states, "As President Obama has said, this law is more than an affront and a danger to the gay community in Uganda, it reflects poorly on the country's commitment to protecting the human rights of its people and will undermine public health, including efforts to fight HIV/AIDS." Former President Clinton also came out against the law, callig it a "setback to personal freedom."
HRC has called on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to recall the nation's ambassador to Uganda for consultation in DC.
Museveni responded to President Obama's criticism, stating, "This very debate was provoked by Western groups who come to our schools and try to recruit children into homosexuality."
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Why we like him: A leading voice in the House in the fight against climate change, Lujan champions environmental causes and alternative energy. He authored the Community College Energy Training Act to support the training of students to work in clean energy and advocated requiring that 20 percent of power produced by New Mexico's utilities originate from renewable energy.
Candidate Quote: "The New Mexico I see in the future is a cleaner, healthier place, with water running through our acequias, our precious natural resources intact, and resources, health care, jobs and infrastructure more readily available to our least-served residents. The America I see does not rely on foreign energy to run our cars and our lives or start our wars."
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Ellison's newly formed Voters First campaign is designed to boost turnout, run effective grassroots campaigns, partner with candidates up and down the ticket, focus on grassroots fundraising, and promote efforts to expand the vote.
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As we celebrate Social Security's 80th anniversary, we need to tell the Republican-controlled Congress to stop trying to dismantle this essential program.
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With that, Maine Magazine captured what makes Chellie Pingree a unique U.S. Representative. Pingree's experience in advocacy, environmentalism, farming, small business and parenting have always been reflected in her work supporting progressive issues in Congress.
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The Government By the People Act establishes a new paradigm to fund congressional campaigns by broadening citizen participation and liberating candidates from their dependency on PACs and other big money interests.
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While Nolan's campaign for 2016 has started early to answer those attacks, he is still focused on advancing his priorities in Congress. Nolan is working to protect Social Security and Medicare, restore the Voting Rights Act, stop partisan-driven redistricting, and end Citizens United and the dark money taking over our elections.
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Polling well in her campaign against incumbent Mark Kirk, one of the most vulnerable Republican senators this election cycle, Duckworth is positioned to turn this red seat blue in 2016. But she needs grassroots support now to keep her early momentum going and to be ready to fight back against the Republican money expected to flood this race.
Since her election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012, Duckworth has fought for working families, women and veterans.
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Once you get it running, Windows 10 provides a slick new look to your Windows 7 machine — but getting there is no small feat.
What if Microsoft has it all wrong, and should have made Windows 10 the best desktop OS ever and given up on its dream of a single OS across every platform?
Microsoft has announced Windows 10 can be installed clean to upgraded devices, while the Xbox development head is hammering on PC-Xbox cross-compatibility. Will Microsoft flub the PC side of things again?
Windows 10 is a lost cause; even in a best-case scenario where Microsoft delivers the finest desktop OS to ever grace humankind, there's no getting around the found that Windows 10 is an attempt to revivify a slowly dying beast.
At long last, Google has released a stable 64-bit version of Chrome for Windows. It's faster, more secure, and more stable. Some tasks, such as decoding HD video on YouTube, are 15% faster under the 64-bit version of Chrome. The only major caveat seems to be a lack of support for 32-bit NPAPI plug-ins — Silverlight and Java, and lots of lesser-known plug-ins, won't work on 64-bit Chrome. That's a small price to pay for increased speed, security, and twice the stability of 32-bit Chrome, though.
Microsoft, after officially retiring Windows XP back in April, has decided in its infinite wisdom to issue a patch for the Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability that affected all versions of IE across Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8. While this might seem like the right thing to do, it's actually a huge mistake that undercuts Microsoft's efforts to get the hundreds of millions of Windows XP holdouts to upgrade. After all, if Microsoft fixed this bug in Windows XP, who's to say it won't do it again? IT admins, faced with the harsh reality of finally having to upgrade to a modern operating system, will sleep well tonight knowing that Microsoft is a push over and will continue to support XP while it has a significant number of users. The status quo is preserved.
Fair citizens of the interwebs, I bring sad tidings: Windows XP is officially dead. As of this morning, April 8, Microsoft has officially end-of-lifed (EOL) Windows XP. If you're still running Windows XP, no further patches or security updates are coming your way, and you should upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8 immediately. Of course, in reality, some 30% of the world's 1.5 billion PCs still run Windows XP. If you factor in computers that are hiding behind governmental and institutional firewalls, and non-PCs, there could be billions of computers still running Windows XP today.
Microsoft and Nvidia have unveiled their plans for DirectX 12 at GDC this week — look for broad compatibility and impressive performance gains coming to you by the end of 2015.
On April 8 2014, almost thirteen years after it was first released, Windows XP will finally breathe its last breath and die — officially, anyway. From that date, Microsoft will no longer support the inveterate OS, meaning instability bugs and security vulnerabilities will go forever unpatched. With Windows XP's desktop market share still around 30%, and many enterprises still months or years away from upgrading to Windows 7/8, these unsupported and insecure machines represent a serious risk to the health and security of the internet and other high-tech infrastructure. If just a single zero-day vulnerability is found after April 8, it will never be fixed. There's no telling what damage cybercriminals might sow with such an exploit.
For almost as long as there have been Windows laptops, there has always been a giant squid in the room: Why is Windows' battery life so damn pitiful? The battery life discrepancy between Windows and other operating systems has never been clearer than with the Surface Pro 2 and the 2013 MacBook Air — both have very similar specs (Haswell Core i5 CPU/GPU, battery size), and yet Apple's laptop has almost twice the battery life of Microsoft's tablet.
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The "12 Years a Slave" star draws on overwhelming emotion during her acceptance speech: "No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid," said the Oscar winner.
12 Years a Slave's Lupita Nyong'o won her first Oscar for her performance in Steve McQueen's drama about the life of Solomon Northup.
Two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz presented the award to a shocked and emotional Nyong'o.
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Dressed in a pleated, sky blue Prada gown, the 31-year-old actress first thanked her character, Patsey, for the powerful role. "It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's," Nyong'o said through her tears.
The Oscar winner also thanked director Steve McQueen: "You charge everything you fashion with a breath of your own spirit. Thank you for putting me in the position. It has been the joy in my life." Nyong'o also went on to thank lead actor Chiwetel Ejiofor for telling Northup's story, Michael Fassbender, editor Joel Walker and the Yale School of Drama. She specially acknowledged her brother, Junior, who was sitting by her side, and thanked her entire family.
At the end of her speech, Nyong'o left the audience with a message: "When I look down at this golden statue, may it remind me and every child, no matter where you're from, your dreams are valid."
The best supporting actress winner told THR of her future projects in an interview at the Indie Spirit Awards. Watch the full conversation below.
Nyong'o's heartfelt portrayal of an abused slave won the actress overwhelming acclaim in this year's awards season, as well as SAG and Independent Spirit awards. As a fresh face in Hollywood, Nyong'o has received praise for everything from her sophistication to her fashion sense on the red carpet. Born in Mexico and raised in Kenya, she had not appeared in a feature film until McQueen picked her among thousands of actresses for the role in 12 Years.
Nyong'o won the award over fellow nominees Sally Hawkins for Blue Jasmine, Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle, Julia Roberts for August: Osage County and June Squibb for Nebraska.
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Well,I'm still here and it's 12/22/12. But,if the Mayans couldn't predict the end of themselves,then how would they predict the end of humanity????
by audz1199 on 12/22/2012 3:16:03 PM
Guys, the Mayans did not say the world in general would end. They said that the old world would die away and its the beginning of a new era. LOOK IM STILL ALIVE!!!!!
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by neo6m on 12/21/2012 4:15:08 PM
At my school, we are supposed to dress fancy tomorrow, and since its the last day before winter break, I wanted to be Holidayish. And now this too? So many ways to dress tomorrow! And I don't think the world will end tomorrow. The world will end,, maybe in our lifetime, who knows. But it probably won't be something we predict. Or maybe it will be hidden from the masses. But if something bad really does happen it will be something and sometime no one expected.
by Glitterheart16 on 12/20/2012 6:50:10 PM
LOL! This whole outfit costs $12,977.08
by LOLGirl109 on 12/17/2012 4:30:18 PM
Ok, listen up everyone. This article is MEANT to be a joke. We all know the world is NOT going to end and so do they. They are joking if the world is ending they would spend all their money on their dream clothes, that's all.
by rainyseattlegirl on 12/16/2012 11:31:25 PM
I agree with Aislinn120. Nobody knows when the world really is gonna come to the end. We can't just predict when it's gonna happen and go nuts about it. But, if you want to, be prepared just in case. Worry about what survial stuff you'll need, not trendy clothing.(By the way-Those clothes are expensive! How can people afford those?!) Think like Katniss Everdeen. She wears practical things and has practical suvial stuff, but she survived because she thought straight, didn't worry, and had learned survival skills before she even knew she was going to be in the Hunger Games. Also, if there really was a zombie invasion, use a bat. It works well. Other than that, I just say, we will see the begginning of 2013 and so on without dying in a apocolipse.
by wesdelwarrior on 12/15/2012 8:46:44 PM
NASA has issued an official statement very nicely telling everyone to shut their traps about this whole 2012 business b/c it's not going to happen. there IS something out there, at the edge of our solar system and no one knows what it is and it could potentially hit us but not yet and statistically it's not going to anyway.
@VictoriaBieberz: they're not saying to go out and buy this stuff, they're just saying that these are the "dream clothes" that they wish they could wear...
by the_last_ninja on 12/15/2012 11:27:45 AM
Okay, I'm sorry, but the world isn't going to end December 21st! And I'm sick of everyone saying that! I'll believe it when I see God riding in on a cloud, holding a lightening bolt, and saying, "The world is going to end right now." Maybe not those EXACT words, but you get the idea. If you believe this, fine that's your belief, but ,they closed down schools in my area because, 1) There was a bomb thrat 2) 3 kids were arrested at the high school, because they were planning a shoot out at the Junior High and 3) There was a hitlist with at LEAST 60 people on it that were going to die that day. I'd like to say I live in a safe enviroment but, according to this, My enviroment is more dangerous than a battle field. And did you hear about the shootout at a school? Killed himself, his own MOTHER, a lot of 5-10 year olds. 6 adults. Makes me ashamed to be a human.
by luvin1D on 12/14/2012 11:44:45 PM
OK, this was a very cute article and i loved the boots, but seriously. Everyone knows the worlds not going to end on december 21st. I went to mexico and saw the mayan calender(btw: it looks freaking crazy!) and our tour guide, who has lived in mexico her entire life, had studied the mayan history for a living, and whose ancestors were mayans, told us that the mayan calender doesnt actually end on that day. It keeps on going. Forever. They just stopped writing it down after that particular date.
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Smoking Cessation Reduces Postoperative Complications:
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Edward Mills, PhD, MSc,a,bOghenowede Eyawo, MPH,bIan Lockhart, DLitt et Phil,cSteven Kelly, MSc,c
Ping Wu, MBBS, MSc,aJon O. Ebbert, MD, MScd
aDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;bFaculty of Health
Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada;cOutcomes Research and Evidence-Based Medicine, Pfizer Ltd, Walton on the Hill,
United Kingdom;dMayo School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to review randomized trials and observational evidence to establish the effect of
preoperative smoking cessation on postoperative complications and to determine if there is an optimal
cessation period before surgery.
METHODS: We conducted a systematic review of all randomized trials evaluating the effect of smoking
cessation on postoperative complications and all observational studies evaluating the risk of complications
among past smokers compared with current smokers. We searched independently, in duplicate, 10
electronic databases and the bibliographies of relevant reviews. We conducted a meta-analysis of random-
ized trials using a random effects model and performed a meta-regression to examine the impact of time,
in weeks, on the magnitude of effect. For observational studies, we pooled proportions of past smokers in
comparison with current smokers.
RESULTS: We included 6 randomized trials and 15 observational studies. We pooled the 6 randomized trials
and demonstrated a relative risk reduction of 41% (95% confidence interval [CI], 15-59, P ? .01) for
prevention of postoperative complications. We found that each week of cessation increases the magnitude
of effect by 19%. Trials of at least 4 weeks' smoking cessation had a significantly larger treatment effect
than shorter trials (P ? .04). Observational studies demonstrated important effects of smoking cessation
on decreasing total complications (relative risk [RR] 0.76, 95% CI, 0.69-0.84, P ? .0001, I2? 15%). This
also was observed for reduced wound healing complications (RR 0.73, 95% CI, 0.61-0.87, P ? .0006, I2?
0%) and pulmonary complications (RR 0.81, 95% CI, 0.70-0.93, P ? .003, I2? 7%). Observational
studies examining duration of cessation demonstrated that longer periods of cessation, compared with
shorter periods, had an average reduction in total complications of 20% (RR 0.80, 95% CI, 3-33, P ? .02,
CONCLUSION: Longer periods of smoking cessation decrease the incidence of postoperative complications.
© 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. • The American Journal of Medicine (2011) 124, 144-154
KEYWORDS: Meta-analysis; Perioperative; Smoking cessation; Systematic review
Tobacco smoking remains the leading cause of preventable
death in the world.1Smoking cessation is associated with
important benefits at individual and societal levels. Given
the prevalence of smoking, considerable efforts have been
directed toward developing interventions to assist smokers
in quitting.2The role of smoking cessation benefits within
Funding: Development of this manuscript was sponsored by Pfizer
Ltd, Walton Oaks, Walton-On-The-Hill, Surrey, KT20 7NS, United King-
dom. Edward Mills, Oghenowede Eyawo, and Ping Wu were paid con-
sultants to Pfizer in connection with the development of this manuscript.
Jon Ebbert received no compensation. Edward Mills is supported by a
Canada Research Chair.
Conflicts of Interest: Edward Mills has consulted to Pfizer Ltd and Merck
Shire Dohme in the past. Ping Wu has consulted to Pfizer Ltd in the past. Ian
Lockhart and Steven Kelly are employees of Pfizer Ltd. Oghenowede has
consulted to Pfizer Ltd in the past. Jon Ebbert has no conflicts of interest.
Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in
writing this manuscript.
Requests for reprints should be addressed to Edward Mills, PhD, MSc,
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster Univer-
sity, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5.
E-mail address: firstname.lastname@example.com
0002-9343/$ -see front matter © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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specific disease classifications is becoming increasingly
clear, with, for example, decreased morbidity and mortality
among recent former smokers compared with continuing
smokers with cardiovascular diseases.3
There has been a recent emerging body of evidence
showing the benefit of preopera-
tive and long-term postoperative
smoking cessation.4,5
United States, an estimated 53.3
million surgical and nonsurgical
procedures are performed annua-
lly.6Approximately 8 to 10 million
procedures requiring surgery and
anesthesia are performed on ciga-
rette smokers.7,8Smokers may be
at a greater risk of postoperative
complications than nonsmokers,
including delayed wound healing,
mortality.9Preoperative smoking
cessation seems to offer important
benefits in reducing complica-
tions, although the duration of ces-
sation required and the success of
different interventions are not un-
derstood.10Clinical trials have
evaluated smoking-cessation in-
terventions at varying times be-
fore surgery and found clinically
meaningful reductions in compli-
cations.1-3Trials also have evaluated both longer-3and
shorter-term cessation,4,11including as late as the day of
surgery.4We aimed to determine the strength of evidence
supporting the role of smoking cessation and the duration of
cessation required in preventing postoperative complica-
tions by undertaking a systematic review and meta-analysis
of observational studies and randomized trials.
Eligibility Criteria
We included both observational studies and randomized
trials that evaluated the incidence of postoperative compli-
cations among populations who achieved smoking absti-
nence at a defined time point before surgery. We included
any classification of cessation and any surgical populations.
Studies had to report the proportion of clinical complica-
tions of past smokers and current smokers.
Study End Points
Our primary study outcome was postoperative complica-
tions defined as total complications. Secondary outcomes
included any wound healing complications, pulmonary or
respiratory complications, all-cause mortality, and all-cause
length of hospital stay. When a primary complication was
distinct and total complications were not reported (eg,
wound healing), we did not combine them as a composite.
Search Strategy
In consultation with a medical librarian, we established a
search strategy. We searched independently, in duplicate,
the following 10 databases (from inception to September
AMED, CINAHL, TOXNET, De-
velopment and Reproductive Tox-
Databank, PsycINFO, and Web of
Science. Given that observational
studies are poorly indexed in
many databases, we also searched
databases that include the full text
of journals (ScienceDirect, and In-
genta, including articles in full
text from ?1700 journals since
1993).12In addition, we searched
the bibliographies of published
relevant reviews and health tech-
nology assessments.4,13-15Searches
were not limited by language, sex,
or age.
(95% confidence interval, 15-59, P ?
.01) for prevention of postoperative
complications. This was supported with
complications, wound healing, and pul-
monary complications.
Study Selection
Two investigators working inde-
pendently, in duplicate, scanned
all abstracts and obtained the full-
text reports of records indicating
that the study is an original re-
search article evaluating the im-
pact of smoking cessation on the outcomes of interest. After
obtaining full reports of candidate studies (in full peer-
reviewed publication or media article), the same reviewers
independently assessed eligibility from full-text papers.
Data Collection
Two reviewers conducted data extraction independently us-
ing a standardized pre-piloted form (available from the
authors on request). Reviewers collected information about
the smoking intervention tested, the population studied (age,
sex, underlying conditions, and types of surgery), the treat-
ment dosages and dosing schedules, the relative effective-
ness of treatments begun at any time points before surgery,
the specific measurement of abstinence (sustained or point-
prevalence), and the biochemical confirmation of smoking
status. Study evaluation assessed risk of bias per a modified
Cochrane risk-of-bias tool and included general method-
ological quality features specific to randomized trials, in-
cluding allocation concealment, sequence generation, blind-
ing status, intention-to-treat, sources of funding, and
appropriate descriptions of loss to follow-up.16In addition,
for nonrandomized evaluations, we applied the Newcastle-
Ottawa Scale to evaluate the reporting rigor of observational
studies.17The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale is a scoring check-
list addressing issues of design and implementation of a
● Smoking cessation before any type of
surgery reduced risks of complications,
including wound healing and pulmonary
● Longer periods of smoking cessation be-
fore surgery demonstrated a signifi-
cantly larger reduction in complica-
showed a relative risk reduction of 41%
● Meta-analysisrandomizedtrials
145Mills et alSmoking Cessation Reduces Perioperative Complications
Page 3
cohort or case-control, including issues of selection of par-
ticipants, comparability of cases and controls, exposure, and
outcomes. We entered the data into an electronic database,
such that duplicate entries existed for each study; when the
2 entries did not match, differences were resolved through
discussion and third-party arbitration.
Data Analysis
To assess inter-rater reliability on inclusion of articles, we
calculated the Phi statistic, which provides a measure of
interobserver agreement independent of chance.18We cal-
culated the relative risk (RR) and appropriate 95% confi-
dence intervals (CIs) of outcomes according to the number
of complications reported in the original studies or substud-
ies. Relative risks are typically a more clinically understood
effect measure than odds ratios but cannot be used with
some observational designs (eg, case-control studies). In
circumstances of zero outcome events in one arm of a trial,
we planned to apply the Haldane approach and add 0.5 to
each arm, as suggested by Sheehe.19We applied the mod-
ified intent-to-treat principal, whereby a patient must re-
ceive at least 1 dose of the study intervention, in this case,
surgery. We first pooled all randomized trials. We used the
DerSimonian–Laird random effects method to pool stud-
ies,20which recognizes and anchors studies as a sample of
all potential studies, and incorporates an additional be-
tween-study component to the estimate of variability.21We
also calculated the I2statistic for each analysis as a measure
of the proportion of the overall variation that is attributable
to between-study heterogeneity.22We performed a sensitiv-
ity analysis to examine shorter-term (?4 weeks) and longer-
term (?4 weeks) effects, and to examine intensive versus
passive interventions, as defined by Thomsen et al.4We
performed a meta-regression to examine the impact of time,
in weeks, on log RR effect size. We display forest plots for
our primary analysis, showing individual study effect mea-
sures with 95% CIs, and the overall DerSimonian–Laird
pooled estimate and the regression plot with circle size
conferring study sample size. For observational studies re-
porting total complications, we pooled the proportions of
past smokers and current smokers by stabilizing the vari-
ances of the raw proportions (r/n) using a Freeman-Tukey
type arcsine square root transformation and applying a ran-
dom effects model.23,24Although several methods of pool-
ing proportions exist,25the Freeman–Tukey method works
well with both fixed and random effects meta-analysis and
truncates at zero (because it is impossible to have less than
zero events).26Where appropriate, we pooled using random
effects RR. All P values are exact to ? .001. We considered
P ? .05 as significant. Analyses were conducted using
StatsDirect (version 2.5.2, www.statsdirect.com) and Com-
prehensive Meta-analysis (version 2, www.meta-analysis.
Results of the Literature Search
We reviewed 847 abstracts that met our search criteria.
During the initial title and abstract selection process, we
excluded 772 abstracts for reasons identified in Figure 1.
The search was sensitive and not initially specific. Of those
excluded, 139 abstracts were either non-human studies or
non-English abstracts, 399 abstracts did not address the
review topic, and a further 234 were review articles. We
then obtained the full-text papers of the remaining 75 ab-
stracts, and these proceeded to the full-text review stage.
After rigorous screening of the 75 full-text articles, 30 of
them satisfied the study inclusion criteria and were included
in the initial review (Phi ? 0.8). We then excluded 9
observational studies because of errors in the reporting of
relevant outcome data per arm27and failing to report dif-
ferences between past and current smokers on the outcomes
of interest to the review.28-35Our review thus includes 6
randomized trials4,11,36-39and 15 observational studies.40-54
Characteristics of Included Studies
The majority of the studies were conducted in the United
States.40-42,45,48,50-53Four studies were performed in Den-
mark,49,55-572 studies were performed in Australia,36,463
studies were performed in Japan,43,47,541 study was per-
formed in Israel,44and 1 study was performed in Sweden.58
Of the 21 included studies, 6 were randomized tri-
als,4,36,55-58and the remaining were observational stud-
ies.40-54Of the observational studies, 10 were prospective
comparisons40-42,44-47,49,50,54and 5 were retrospective anal-
yses of patients with complications.43,48,51-53The included
studies involved a heterogeneous array of surgical proce-
dures, including lung,40,45,47,51orthopedic/bone and abdom-
inal,44,55breast,42,48head/neck,43heart,52,53and various
elective surgeries,41,46,49,50,54,56-58and reported on postsur-
gical complications among study participants. Time of
study follow-up ranged from 1 day to 57 months.
Methodological Quality of Included Studies
Table 1 shows the risk of bias characteristics of the ran-
domized trials. In general, studies were well reported with a
low risk of bias. Table 2 shows the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale
risk of bias for observational studies. One of the observa-
tional studies did not clearly define the length of time that
smokers/past smokers ceased smoking before the surgery
was performed.49Seven studies did not specify the fol-
low-up period.41-43,45,47,48,50
Meta-analysis of Effectiveness
We pooled 6 randomized trials evaluating varied smoking
interventionsontotal complications
4).4,11,36-39We found a pooled RR of 0.59 (95% CI, 0.41-
0.85, P ? .01, I2? 14%; Figure 2). Our meta-regression
analysis found that each week of cessation resulted in a
larger effect size (B coefficient ?0.191, 95% CI, ?0.368 to
146The American Journal of Medicine, Vol 124, No 2, February 2011
Page 4
?0.014, P ? .03; Figure 3). We performed a sensitivity
analysis evaluating short-term studies (?4 weeks)4,11(RR
0.92, 0.53-1.60, P ? .78) versus longer cessation (RR 0.45,
95% CI, 0.30-0.68, P ? .001, I2? 0%) (P value for
difference .041). We also examined the use of inten-
sive11,37,39(RR 0.55, 95% CI, 0.31-0.98, P ? .04, I2?
61%) versus less intensive (RR 0.78, 95% CI, 0.34-1.80,
P ? .56, I2? 0%) interventions (P value for difference .49).
Observational Studies
Risk of Total Postoperative Complications. Tables 5 and
6 (available online) show the characteristics and out-
comes of the 15 observational studies. Thirteen observa-
tional studies40-44,46-49,52-54provided sufficient details of
general complications occurring between past smokers and
current smokers. We were able to pool data from 12 of these
studies.40-44,46-48,52-54(One study presented data only as
adjusted odds and was excluded.)49There was a statistically
smokers compared with current smokers, with an average 22%
(95% CI, 13-34) of former smokers experiencing an event
compared with 32% (95% CI, 19-47) of current smokers (RR
Risk of Pulmonary Complications. Seven studies reported
on the occurrence of pulmonary complications.41,45-47,52-54
Figure 1
Flow diagram of study selection process. RCT ? randomized clinical
147 Mills et alSmoking Cessation Reduces Perioperative Complications
Page 5
Data were available to test for differences from all trials. We
found differences between past (pooled incidence 15%,
95% CI, 6-28) and current (20%, 95% CI, 8-26%) smokers,
which indicated a statistically significant decrease in pul-
monary complications (RR 0.81, 95% CI, 0.70-0.93, P ?
0.003, I2? 7%) for the former. There was no statistically
significant difference between early and late quitters on this
outcome (RR 0.88, 95% CI, 0.28-2.71, P ? 0.81, I2?
94%), possibly because of low power (9%).51-53
Risk of Wound-Healing Complications. Five studies pro-
vided data on wound healing.42,43,46,48,50We found a sta-
tistically significant reduction in wound healing complica-
tions associated with former smokers compared with current
smokers (RR 0.73, 95% CI, 0.61-0.87, P ? .0006, I2? 0%).
Length of Hospital Stay. Two studies reported on the
average length of hospital stay.40,50One study reported the
mean duration of hospital stay as 8 days in past smokers and
9 days in current smokers.40The other study found identical
duration of stay after nephrectomy.50
Mortality. Only 2 studies reported on mortality.41,45Both
studies had low event rates and found no difference between
past and current smokers (RR 1.00, 95% CI, 0.64-1.55, P ?
Duration of Cessation Period. Seven studies provided
adequate details on early versus late quitting and total com-
plications.40,43,45,47,51-53We found that shorter-term (?4
weeks) cessation compared with longer-term cessation (?4
weeks) resulted in a relative risk decrease of 20% (RR 0.80,
95% CI, 3-33, P ? .02, I2? 68%) in total complication
rates. The residual heterogeneity found in this estimate is
from Warner et al,53who reported only on early quitters
(?8 weeks cessation) versus late quitters (?8 weeks ces-
sation) before surgery instead of ? 4 weeks compared with
? 4 weeks cessation. The removal of this study reduced the
I2value to 0%, but the effect size was no longer statistically
significant (P ? .52).
Our review demonstrates a clear benefit of smoking cessa-
tion to prevent postoperative complications compared with
continued smoking. We found that randomized trials that
successfully introduced a smoking cessation intervention
and attained abstinence had significantly decreased rates of
complications. This effect was magnified with longer dura-
tions of cessation. This finding is in agreement with the
evidence from observational studies that smoking cessation
reduces total postoperative complications, pulmonary com-
plications, and complications of wound healing. From our
analyses of both randomized trials and observational stud-
ies, longer cessation periods provide greater reductions in
clinical complications.
There are both strengths and limitations to consider in
our analysis. Strengths include our extensive searching, data
abstraction in duplicate, and inclusion of both randomized
and observational evidence that provides similar inferences.
Our regression analysis shows that the length of time from
smoking cessation is directly associated with the magnitude
of subsequent complications. We found a larger treatment
effect in randomized trials than in the observational studies.
This may be due to the smaller sample size of the pooled
randomized trials or may be a true therapeutic effect. The
populations examined in the randomized trials were more
homogenous than those in the cohort studies. Limitations of
our analysis are predominantly related to the heterogeneous
reporting of outcomes, inconsistent definitions of past
smoking status, and differences in study designs across the
observational studies. Although this has necessarily led to
some study exclusions from the pooled analyses because of
lack of relevant data on the key outcomes of interest, our
observational study analyses indicated a significant decrease
Table 1
Risk of Bias Assessment: Randomized Clinical Trials
First Author,
Report Method
of Sequence
Report Efforts
to Conceal
Report Blinding
Status of Groups
or Researchers
Refusal Rate
of Eligible
Free of
Lost to
? 20%
Study Funding
Moller 2002
Public, industry
provided drug
Public, industry
provided drug
Hospital, industry
provided drug
Public, industry
provided drug
Public, industry
Myles 2004
Warner 2005
Public, industry
provided drug
? ? clear; ? ? unclear or negative.
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