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Will smoking 2 cigarettes last weekend affect my surgery under general anesthetic tomorrow if i am not really classified as a smoker and have only smoked maybe 3 times in my entire life and not often at all? Also i occasionally smoke cannabis but the last time i did that was on new years so i dont think thats too much of a problem.

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Hello,

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NO , this will NOT affect your Surgery in anyway. Even chronic smoking has no significant immediate effect on surgery in an otherwise healthy individual. Same with the Cannabis. Unless you have smoked in within 24 hours there is no effect.

Wish you good health and fast recovery from surgery.


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Patient replied :

Thank you so much for the response! i feel a lot more at ease getting advice from an actual doctor but should i still tell the anesthesiologist about it?


That would be your call. Normally it is better to tell The Anaesthesiologist all history. However a couple of cigarettes and smoking weed more than a week back would not make any difference. So you can decide either-way.

Thank you


Patient replied :

Thank you so much for the response! i feel a lot more at ease getting advice from an actual doctor but should i still tell the anesthesiologist about it?



That would be your call. Normally it is better to tell The Anaesthesiologist all history. However a couple of cigarettes and smoking weed more than a week back would not make any difference. So you can decide either-way.

Thank you


Dr. Jaydeep Tripathy
Category: HIV- AIDS Specialist
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MBBS from Sri Ramachandra University in December 2011
M.Med (Family Medicine) - TNMGR University, Chennai
MBA-MPH in Public Health in March 2016, SRM University
Finished AFIH in March 2016, SRM University
MRCP ( UK ), Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, June 2016
Fellowship in Diabetology from Martin Luther University in January 2017

Currently Resident Physician, in MD Radiodiagnosis - Kamakshi Memorial Hospital, Chennai
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