Medications and support to help hospitalized heart and lung patients quit smoking
Implementing Effective Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy for Hospitalized Smokers with Cardiopulmonary Disease
This project uses tailored quit-smoking medicines, nurse counseling, and supportive text messages to help hospitalized adults with heart or lung disease stop smoking.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Baystate Medical Center, INC. NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Springfield, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11314529 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you are hospitalized with a heart or lung condition, a nurse practitioner-led tobacco treatment team would prescribe guideline-recommended quit-smoking medicines matched to your needs. The team would counsel and coach you in the hospital so you know how to use the medicines and stay motivated. After discharge you would get automated text messages to support adherence and reduce the chance of relapse. The program aims to close the gap between guideline recommendations and what patients actually receive in hospitals.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Hospitalized adult smokers with heart or lung disease who are willing to try prescription smoking-cessation medications and receive counseling and text-message support.
Not a fit: People who do not smoke, who are not hospitalized at a participating site, who cannot receive or use mobile phone text messages, or who have medical reasons they cannot take cessation medications may not benefit from this program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could help more hospitalized smokers with cardiopulmonary disease quit and reduce smoking-related complications after discharge.
How similar studies have performed: Combining medicines, counseling, and text-message support has improved quit rates in other studies, and the team's preliminary data show this hospital-based, NP-led approach is feasible.
Where this research is happening
Springfield, United States
- Baystate Medical Center, INC. — Springfield, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Pack, Quinn Russell — Baystate Medical Center, INC.
- Study coordinator: Pack, Quinn Russell
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.