2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 21.

Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2016 Nov 13;135(12):e686–e725. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000470


Recommendations for Smoking Cessation

COR	LOE	Recommendations

I	A	Patients with PAD who smoke cigarettes or use other forms of tobacco should be advised at every visit to quit.^153–155

I	A	Patients with PAD who smoke cigarettes should be assisted in developing a plan for quitting that includes pharmacotherapy (ie, varenicline, bupropion, and/or nicotine replacement therapy) and/or referral to a smoking cessation program.^{153,156–158}

I	B-NR	Patients with PAD should avoid exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at work, at home, and in public places.^159,160