An Automated Tobacco Cessation Intervention for Emergency Department Discharged Patients

Introduction: Nearly 14% of US adults currently smoke cigarettes. Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. Emergency department (ED) patients are frequently asked for their use of tobacco. Manual selection of pre-formed discharge instructions is the norm for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David T. Chiu, Ronald Lavoie, Larry A. Nathanson, Leon D. Sanchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2021-07-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1jf9s98z