Smoking cessation.

摘要

I read with interest the leader by Patrick White. I share his enthusiasm for smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation. I do not, however, share his enthusiasm for inhaler therapy beyond short-term beta-agonists. The evidence for long-term reductions in exacerbations and admissions is there but it is hardly striking. I do not think that we should extrapolate reductions in mortality until that evidence is there. The fact that it is not already, suggests that any reductions, sadly, won't be too great.