ResearchProjects

In low-income populations, there are particularly high rates of smoking, and many barriers to receiving high-quality health care and achieving good health care outcomes. The study is examining the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a smoking-cessation intervention for patients at two urban hospitals. In addition, the study is exploring differences in effectiveness in different patient subgroups, and examining levels of smoking abstinence at both 2 and 6 months post discharge from the hospital. The results will increase our understanding of interventions for smoking cessation among people admitted to the hospital and the best ways to help individuals quit smoking.

Abstract on NIH RePORTER

Scheuermann TS, Richter KP, Rigotti NA, Cummins SE, Harrington KF, Sherman SE, Zhu SH, Tindle HA, Preacher KJ, Consortium of Hospitals Advancing Research on Tobacco (CHART) (2017).
Accuracy of self-reported smoking abstinence in clinical trials of hospital-initiated smoking interventions
Addiction, 112 (12), 2227-2236. doi: 10.1111/add.13913. PMCID: PMC5673569.

Sherman SE, Link AR, Rogers ES, Krebs P, Ladapo JA, Shelley DR, Fang Y, Wang B, Grossman E (2016).
Smoking-cessation interventions for urban hospital patients: A randomized comparative effectiveness trial
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 51 (4), 566-577. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.06.023. PMCID: PMC5089173.