Razieh Sadat Rezvaninejad - Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Rafsanjan University of MedicalSciences, Rafsanjan, Kerman, Iran
Rayeheh Sadat Rezvaninejad - student, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Abdollah Azdanesh - Student Research Committee, Faculty of Dentistry, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, BandarAbbas, Iran
Mohammad Hossein Sheibani Arani - Tobacco and Health Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Ali Salimi Asl - Tobacco and Health Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Mahsa Moanai - Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and maxilla facial radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, HormozganUniversity of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran

Background: Although cigarette is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), smokingcessation has considerable effects on reducing the mortality and incidence of acute myocardialinfarction (AMI). this study was done to examine the effect of status of tobacco smoking and itsshort-term outcomes post AMI. Methods: In this longitudinal study, ۹۶ patients smoking tobaccoproducts (cigarette and waterpipe) within the age range ۳۰-۷۰ years who had undergoneangiography following the first AMI were evaluated. The patients were evaluated at three times interms of status of tobacco smoking, additional MI, hospitalization due to cardiac events, and someother variables. Data collection was done using a checklist and phone contact. Results: The meanage of the patients was ۵۲.۹۹±۹.۲ years. Six months following the first MI, more than ۶۰% of thepatients had ceased their tobacco smoking, but over time and at the end of study, this valuediminished, particularly in those with waterpipe smoking. The chance of hospitalization among themen younger than ۵۴ years who were not smoker at the baseline was ۰.۸۰۱. On the other hand, thischance for men below ۵۴ years who smoked ۱-۱۰ cigarettes per day was ۴.۷۵ times as large(OR=۴.۷۴۷, P=۰.۰۰۲). In addition, men younger than ۵۴ years who smoked waterpipe twice ormore per day were hospitalized ۳۱ times more compared to the men who did not smoke waterpipe(P=۰.۰۰۱ OR=۳۱.۱۱۲). Conclusion: not smoking cigarette or waterpipe over time wouldconsiderably reduce the chance of hospitalization due to CVD.

Chewing Tobacco, Oral Lesion, Prevalence, Hormozgan