Answer 1 No, not only after surgery but also before surgery you have to stop smoking. About a month before Lap band surgery you have to stop smoking. So you get fewer complications. You know smoking damage your lungs and this may lead to anesthetic risks and pneumonias after surgery. When you lungs will full of bad gases then when you go under anesthesia your lungs are affected by the medication and will not work properly. It takes time to recover your lungs.so stop before surgery. And after surgery at least 2 weeks, you should not light up again. Smoking will directly mislead from your weight loss goal and also damage your health. So stop smoking. If you won’t do this then patch it to limit.
