Decision Aid for Cigarette Smokers Undergoing Surgery

Decision Aid Development for Cigarette Smokers Undergoing Surgery: Specific Aim 2

Smokers have three choices when faced with surgery: keep smoking, quit for a short time around surgery or quit for good. In the first specific aim, a decision aid was designed to help facilitate the discussion of these choices between smokers and healthcare providers. This second aim will test whether this decision aid improves the decisional quality compared with standard methods used to discuss perioperative smoking.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Current cigarette smoker
• Scheduled to undergo elective surgery at Mayo Clinic Rochester
• Age 18 years or older
• Able to fully participate in all study aspects

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unavailable for telephone follow-up