Tech and Telephone Smoking Cessation Treatment for Young Veterans With PTSD

The Integrated Care (IC) treatment protocol for smoking cessation is a PTSD-informed intervention that has been adapted to be delivered over video or telephone and to incorporate technological components, including the Stay Quit Coach (SQC) smart phone application (app) which is a public domain, no-cost mobile app designed to complement the IC protocol with evidence-based tools to support smoking cessation. and the coVita Bedfont® Scientific Ltd iCO® Smokerlyzer® device and app which is a mobile carbon monoxide (CO) monitor that provides CO readings in order to self-monitor progress in quitting. The coVita mobile app is compatible with iOS \&Android and used with the iCO® Smokerlyzer® to display CO readings. Content of sessions is consistent with that delivered in the IC treatment protocol for veteran smokers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The SFVAMC's standard of care referral service, known as the VA Quitline which involves weekly telephone sessions through the VA's proactive telephone Quitline, available to all veterans for up to 8 weeks.