The Living Guidelines: UA/NSTEMI Recommendations for Smoking Cessation Polling Results for CLASS I Guidelines

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Class I Guidelines
1. Smoking cessation and avoidance of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at work and home are recommended. Follow-up, referral to special programs, or pharmacotherapy (including nicotine replacement) is useful, as is adopting a stepwise strategy aimed at smoking cessation (the 5 A’s are: Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange). (Level of Evidence: B)

 UA/NSTEMI Guidelines Class I Recommendation 1 for Smoking Cessation should be: CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III