How much extra aspirin are smokers told to take (or ask about)?
The amount of aspirin “for smokers” depends on the reason aspirin is being considered (for example, heart-disease prevention vs. another indication) and the patient’s age, sex, and overall cardiovascular risk. Your question is missing those details, and “smokers” alone isn’t enough to determine a dose or an “extra” amount.
Is there a different aspirin dose just because someone smokes?
In general, aspirin dosing does not change based only on smoking status. Recommendations (when aspirin is used) are based on estimated cardiovascular risk and bleeding risk, not on smoking alone. That means there usually is no simple rule like “smokers take X mg more.”
What dose is commonly used when aspirin is recommended for prevention?
When aspirin is used for prevention in clinical guidance, the typical doses discussed are low-dose aspirin (commonly 75–100 mg daily) rather than higher doses. Whether someone should take it at all depends on their risk profile, including smoking history, not just current smoking.
What matters more than smoking: age and bleeding risk
A key practical point is that aspirin can increase bleeding risk. So even if a person smokes, clinicians usually weigh whether the cardiovascular benefit is likely to outweigh the bleeding risk—something that can vary a lot from person to person.
If you meant “How much aspirin should smokers buy/take daily?”—need one detail
Tell me:
1) the person’s age and sex,
2) whether they’re taking aspirin already, and
3) whether this is for preventing a first heart attack/stroke or after a heart event,
and I can help translate that into the usual low-dose vs. “don’t start” scenarios.