A talk with a nurse can persuade hospital patients to quit smoking

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/osu-atw100416.php

Public Release: 4-Oct-2016
A talk with a nurse can persuade hospital patients to quit smoking
Quit rates more than double after short consultation, access to quit aids
Ohio State University

A short talk with a knowledgeable nurse could be the difference between a smoker stopping for cigarettes or stopping for nicotine gum on her way home from the hospital.

New research shows that self-reported quit rates among hospital patients more than doubled when nurses and other staff were trained to coach patients on how to stop smoking and to make sure they got the help they needed to make it happen, whether that meant counseling, patches, gum or prescription medication.

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