Is it safe to smoke a cigarette on the day you are going to get put to sleep for a procedure?

Answer 1

According to the surgeon who was going to operate on my dad, a smokers lungs produce secretions, and if you do not stop smoking for at least two weeks, you could possibly die from those secretions in your lungs, drown in your own mucus in a way.

Answer 2

It's NEVER safe to smoke a cigarette---I have two terminal SMOKING RELATED illnesses --I wish someone had bitched at ME sooner in my life so it wouldn't be ending now... BUT, if you are not going to quit, it's OK to smoke before a surgical procedure----I've had 37 different surgeries for medical reasons and smoked before a LOT of them---even on the way TOO the hospital for the procedure...and as the smoker I was, I lit up shortly after going HOME from most of the procedures.....

Hey, the guy wanted to know if it was SAFE.... I told him the truth--it's NEVER safe... but I DID smoke before procedures---and that's all I was saying---so THUMBS down facts of MY EXPERIENCE if you like... but I told what I DID and what I KNOW.... nothing untrue about that.

Answer 3

I won't lecture on smoking....

But I will say this. Smoking reduces your lungs ability to get out secretions and builds up more secretions.

Next is smoking causes the arteries to constrict, reducing blood flow and increases the risk of necrosis, tissue death, in areas of an incision.

So the answer is no it really isn't safe to smoke the day of a procedure.

Answer 4

Yes, as safe as it is to smoke anytime.

Nothing by mouth before a medical procedure involving anesthesis means no liquids or foods, or candy or gum or anything in your stomach that you might aspirate (into your lungs) during or just after surgery.

Smoking goes into your lungs already.