Benefits of smoking cessation in lung cancer
| Reduction in surgical complications |
| Reduction in the incidence of surgical wound complications |
| Reduction in the incidence of post-operative pulmonary complications |
| Reduction in the incidence of post-operative cardiovascular complications |
| Reduction in the incidence of re-operations |
| Reduction in the length of hospital stay |
| Reduction in hospital mortality |
| Improvement of responses to chemotherapy and radiotherapy |
| Improvement of response to platinum-based chemotherapy |
| Avoiding the effects of smoking on the metabolism of drugs used for chemotherapy |
| Reduction in the side-effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy |
| Increase in survival time |
| Diminishing the risk of recurrence |
| Diminishing the risk of having a second primary malignancy |
| Improvement of quality of life |