Promoting Smoking Cessation in Lung Cancer Screening Through Proactive Treatment

For patients of providers assigned to the proactive study group, a local coordinator will review the patient's cessation medication history. If the patient is not currently being provided cessation support medication, the coordinator will enter a note for the provider about the recommended medication indicated by VA formulary guidelines.

Patients of providers assigned to the proactive study group will be contacted by specially trained counselors at the VA Quitline. Counselors will attempt to provide two sessions of proactive telephone support.