Table 2 Study inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria | |
• | Admission to a participating hospital |
• | Received tobacco cessation counseling for > 5 minutes in hospital |
• | Age ≥18 years |
• | Current daily smoker (defined as having smoked ≥1 cigarette/day in the past month when smoking as usual) |
• | Plan to sustain or initiate a quit attempt immediately after hospital discharge1 |
Exclusion criteria | |
• | Non-English speaking |
• | Unable to provide informed consent due to serious cognitive impairment or impaired mental status (e.g., current diagnosis of schizophrenia, psychosis, dementia, or severe mental retardation) |
• | Life expectancy of <1 year |
• | Are admitted to the hospital from a nursing home |
• | Admission diagnosis of intravenous drug use overdose |
• | Attempted suicide in the past 3 months |
• | Pregnant or nursing |
• | Do not agree to take tobacco cessation medication home at discharge |
• | No mailing address |
• | No phone where can be directly reached or unable to communicate by telephone |
• | Decline to speak to study staff or have insufficient time before discharge to be enrolled |
• | Are not expected to be discharged home or to a rehabilitation facility |