Nurse-led Smoking Cessation With Further Follow-up in Lifestyle Centres - a Randomized Pilot Study

Smoking Cessation After a Cardiovascular Disease Event With Hospital-based Nurse-coordination and Further Follow-up Care in Lifestyle Centres With Free Cessation Aids - an Interdisciplinary Randomized Pilot Study

The purpose of this randomized controlled pilot study is to test whether an in-hospital nurse-led smoking cessation intervention increases the refferal rate to healty life-centers in the municipalities. We will also describe the proportion who succeed in quitting smoking between the intervention group and the control group and obtain new knowledge about the patient and system factors of importance for participation to healty life-centers and for successful and unsuccessful smoking cessation.

Inclusion Criteria (all):

• Age> 18 years and smokes at least 1 cigarette daily
• Hospitalized with a cardiovascular event (i.e. myocardial infarction, heart failure, unstable or stable angina, achyarrhythmias, bradyarrhythmias, carotid stenosis or claudication with need for peripheral revascularization)
• Sign informed consent and is expected to participate according to ICH / GCP

Exclusion Criteria (none of these):

• Does not meet the criteria to participate in the pilot project, i.e. patients who do not usually live or work in the Vestre Viken catchment area

• Chronic renal failure stage 4 or known allergic reaction to varenicline

  . Any condition (e.g. psychosis, alcohol abuse, dementia) or situation that may pose a significant risk to the participant, confuse the results or make participation unethical

• Lack of Norwegian and English knowledge

• Short life expectancy (<12 months)