Smoking Cessation Study

Smoking Cessation Intervention for Hospitalized Heart & Vascular Center (HVC) Patients at a Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Serving a Rural Population

This is a pilot study to determine the feasibility and success of offering smoking cessation counseling for ambulatory patients who present for scheduled cardiac catheterization.

This is a prospective randomized pilot study of feasibility and success of smoking cessation counselling for ambulatory patients who present for scheduled cardiac catheterization. Patients who meet inclusion and exclusion criteria will be eligible for enrollment and receive smoking cessation counseling. Patients will be followed for 6 months post intervention. A Usual care arm will be created using retrospective chart review.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Presents to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH as an ambulatory patient with a scheduled cardiac Catheterization
• smoke one or more cigarettes per day for the past 12 months OR use of electronic-cigarettes containing tobacco at least once during the past 30 days.
• proficient in English

Exclusion Criteria:

• N/A