Smoking Cessation After Hospitalization for a Cardiopulmonary Illness
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Smoking-related cardiopulmonary diseases account for a large number of hospital admissions.
We investigated the efficacy of hypnotherapy as an aid to a counseling-based smoking
cessation program in improving quit rates of hospitalized smoking patients at 12 and 26 weeks
after hospital discharge. We compared outcomes with hospitalized patients who received more
conventional therapy, namely nicotine replacement therapy, or patients who decided to quit on
their own. We also compared smoking cessation rates at 12 and 26 weeks after hospitalization
among patients admitted with a cardiac or a pulmonary diagnosis.