09/26/2019
In this podcast, Meredith Duncan, from Vanderbilt University, discusses her latest research on how smoking cessation affects cardiovascular disease risk.
Meredith Duncan, MA, is a database administrator and PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Additional Resources:
- ASCVD Risk Estimator Plus. American College of Cardiology. Updated March 2019. Accessed September 4, 2019. http://tools.acc.org/ASCVD-Risk-Estimator-Plus/#!/calculate/estimate.
- Duncan MS, Freiberg MS, Greevy Jr RA, Kundu S, Vasan RS, Tindle HA. Association of smoking cessation with subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease. JAMA. 2019;322(7):642-650. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.10298.
- Framingham Heart Study. Boston University and the National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute. www.framinghamheartstudy.org.
- Stop Smoking. American Lung Association. www.lung.org/stop-smoking.
