Is Smoking Cannabis Before or After Surgery Safe?

🚫 Nicotine & Surgery: A Risk You Can’t Afford Dr. Glatt explains why you must quit nicotine before and after surgery — no smoking, no vaping, no patches, no gum. It’s the nicotine that’s the problem. It can: -Cut off blood supply -Slow or prevent healing -Increase risk of infection -Lead to poor scars -Damage tissue and cause serious complications For your safety, your healing, and your results — nicotine must be completely out of your system well before surgery. | Brian S. Glatt MD, FACS