Computer Delivered and Community Health Worker Supported Smoking Cessation Intervention

Computer Delivered and Community Health Worker Supported Smoking Cessation Intervention for Hospitalized Persons With HIV

The prevalence of tobacco smoking is high among persons with HIV (PWH). The investigators are piloting a two session computer-delivered intervention (CBI) with linkage to a community health worker (CHW) among hospitalized PWH with tobacco use 1a) To determine feasibility and acceptability of delivering this intervention and 2a) To determine intervention effect on 1) readiness to quit smoking and confidence in ability to quit smoking 2) uptake of smoking cessation therapy

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age >=18,
• A patient admitted to the Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Smoked >100 cigarettes in their lifetime
• Current smoker
• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindication to nicotine replacement therapy including unstable angina and acute coronary syndrome