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They have won some praise: measures to help people quit smoking have pleased the anti-smoking lobby.
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Researchers studied 120 participants in a program structured to help them quit smoking.
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Dr Moller said that people should be given help to quit smoking six to eight weeks before they were due to undergo surgery.
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The lead researcher in the project, Dr Ralph Delfino, from the University of California at Irvine, said doctors trying to help people quit smoking should take these differences into account.
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According to one study, if people got just five types of preventive services when they needed to -- colorectal and breast cancer screening, flu vaccines, counseling to help them quit smoking, and regular aspirin use to prevent strokes -- we could avert 100, 000 deaths each year.
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That includes a ban on tobacco advertising and on smoking in public places, plus more help for anyone who wants to quit smoking.
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At that time, Acomplia, a drug that may help patients both lose weight and quit smoking, will hit the market.
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The NHS in England is not doing enough to help people with mental health conditions quit smoking, an influential group of doctors has warned.
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Dee Beresford, executive officer of the UK's Neonatal Nursing Association, said all women who were considering getting pregnant should be given help and advice to quit or reduce their smoking.
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This is an earlier testing stage - although anti-smoking campaigners say it could be of significant help to those battling to quit the habit.
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Prisoners are to be given stop-smoking courses, and nicotine patches, to help them deal with withdrawal symptoms and quit over the next 12 months, reports said.
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