Smokers at transplant time have a thirty percent higher risk of transplant failure compared to those who don’t smoke.13 If they do quit smoking more than five years before their transplant they reduce their risk to thirty four percent when compared to patients who keep smoking.13 If they smoke before their transplant they’ve increased their risk up to ninety one percent along with spreading belligerent forms of cancer and a 114 % increased risk of suffering a major cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack or stroke, after transplantation. Smoking may also lead to an escalating risk of an acute transplant rejection. “Because quitting smoking long before transplantation has so many advantages, California Pacific’s Kidney Transplant Program
