Rationale and Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Medical Student Counseling for Hospitalized Patients Addicted to Tobacco (the MS-CHAT Trial)
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Definitions.
7-day quit rate: defined as the patient’s self-reported smoking behavior in the last 7 days. Assessed as “Have you refrained from smoking during the past seven days, and not smoked even one puff?”
Continuous abstinence: defined as being abstinent from smoking for at least the prior 90 days. Patients will be asked to specify quit date or number of weeks/months since quitting.
