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This guideline was developed by the JSA Perioperative Smoking Cessation Guideline Working Group: Hiroki Iida, Tetsuya Kai, Michioki Kuri, Masashi Nakagawa, Hiroshi Morimatsu.

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In accordance with the “Smoking Cessation Declaration” of the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists (JSA), anesthesiologists who are members of JSA and are themselves current smokers must work on their own smoking cessation in order to engage in their daily medical practice in the best physical and mental condition.

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Safety Committee of Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists. A guideline for perioperative smoking cessation. J Anesth 31, 297–303 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-016-2292-0

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