In Brief:
This multi-institutional study suggests that preoperative smoking is not a risk factor for early (30 d) postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing elective spine surgery.Andreea Seicean, Sinziana Seicean, Nima Alan, Nicholas K. Schiltz, Benjamin P. Rosenbaum, Paul K. Jones, Duncan Neuhauser, Michael W. Kattan, and Robert J. Weil