Brief Physician-Initiated Quit Smoking Strategies for Clinical Oncology Settings
Brief Physician-Initiated Quit Smoking Strategies for Clinical Oncology Settings
RATIONALE: Physician-initiated smoking cessation strategies may be effective in getting early-stage cancer patients to quit smoking.
PURPOSE: Randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of a physician-initiated stop-smoking program with the usual care for patients receiving treatment for early-stage cancer.
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to center. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
All patients are followed at 6 and 12 months. Patients who report that they are still smoking and interested in help to quit smoking at the 12-month follow-up interview are encouraged to return to their physicians and contact the CIS for additional help quitting or for a referral to more intensive or specialized treatments in their area.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 494 patients will be accrued for this study.
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
One of the following diagnoses:
Must have smoked 1 or more cigarettes within the past month or define self as a smoker
Hormone receptor status:
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
Sex:
Menopausal status:
Performance status:
Life expectancy:
Hematopoietic:
Hepatic:
Renal:
Cardiovascular:
Other:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy:
Chemotherapy:
Endocrine therapy:
Radiotherapy:
Surgery:
Other: