30
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
May 31, 2016
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2016
ENDD (NJOY)
As described above.
NRT (NicoDerm CQ)
As described above.
telephone counseling
Referral to the California Smokers' Helpline. California Smokers' Helpline will call the patient 4 times, or as agreed upon by the patient.
brief advice
"Brief advice lasting less than 2 minutes will be delivered by the research assistant, investigator, or healthcare provider. The advice will be similar to the following statement (customized as needed to the patient): The most important advice I can give you is that quitting smoking is the number one thing you can do for your health and to prepare yourself for surgery. Quitting smoking before surgery may improve your chances of healing quickly. There's evidence that the longer you quit before your surgery, the fewer complications you'll have. I encourage you to make use of the resources that have been provided to you to help you quit and set your quit date for as soon as possible."
brochure
"A brochure from the ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) about quitting smoking before surgery.~Available free from the ASA: http://ecommerce.asahq.org/publicationsAndServices/PatientBrochure\_%20For%20Posting.pdf"
San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
OTHER