Smoking? Former
smoking-formerNo one has reached this rule yetStay stopped — the risk keeps falling for years
No clinician has signed off this rule yet. It reflects our reading of the guidelines cited below, which has not been independently checked.
Word for word, as generated for the example person below. Figures in the text are theirs.
Staying quit is one of the most valuable things you've already done for your heart.
Proven in trialsTrials counted real events, like heart attacks, strokes, or deaths, and this changed them.
Cardiovascular risk after quitting falls steeply in the first year and keeps declining for years afterward. Nothing to act on here — just worth not undoing.
ACC/AHA (US)
In adults who use tobacco, abstinence is recommended to reduce ASCVD risk.
2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular D… · Recommendation behind this rule · class and level read from the guideline tables on 2026-09-30
2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease · Class 1 · Level B-NR
“Former smoker” — an illustrative profile, not a real user.
Cited by the recommendations above.
For practising clinicians. Endorse it, propose a change, or dispute it. We verify every reviewer before a review is shown, and a review stays attached to the version of the rule you saw — if the rule changes, the page says so. You'll be asked to declare any relevant interests; they're shown with your review.
Log in or create an account to submit a review. An account is how we tie a review to a person we can verify.
Runs in lib/engine/preventionEssentials.ts as smoking-former.