Introduction Many hospitals advise their smoking patients to contact a community-based
stop smoking service. We investigated how well smokers attend a community-based service …

Objective To assess the feasibility and outcomes of implementing a hospital-based “opt-out”
tobacco-cessation service. Methods In 2014, the Medical University of South Carolina …

Introduction: The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) hospital implemented an
inpatient opt-out smoking-cessation service where smokers received a mandatory smoking …

Background Hospital admission provides a powerful opportunity to promote smoking
cessation. We explored patients' and healthcare professionals'(HCP) views of a specialist …

Background and objectives Hospital visits are an opportunity to engage smokers in tobacco
treatment. However, little is known about engagement in follow‐up referrals. The purpose of …

Introduction: Interventions for hospitalized smokers can increase long-term smoking
cessation rates. The Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation (the “Ottawa Model”) is an …

Background. While health care providers are often urged to refer smokers to a smoking
cessation pro gram, little information is available about patient ad herence to such advice …

Introduction Linking outpatient cessation services to bedside counseling for hospitalized
smokers can improve long-run quit rates. Adding an assisted referral (AR) offer to a tobacco …

Background Population-based strategies can expand the reach of tobacco cessation
treatment beyond clinical encounters. Objective To determine the effect of two population …

Aims To establish whether proactively identifying all smokers in primary care populations
and offering smoking cessation support is effective in increasing long‐term abstinence from …