Dr. Rigotti will conduct two studies to determine the potential for promoting smoking cessation among patients admitted to a smokefree hospital. Study I, a prospective cohort study, will assess the impact of hospital no-smoking policies on smokers' nicotine withdrawal symptoms and subsequent smoking behavior. Study II is a randomized controlled trial to determine whether nicotine replacement therapy and brief behavior modification provided to hospitalized smokers can achieve two goals: (1) reduce the level of nicotine withdrawal symptoms during hospitalization, and (2) increase the level of smoking cessation one year after discharge.
| Rigotti, N A; Arnsten, J H; McKool, K M et al. (2000) Smoking by patients in a smoke-free hospital: prevalence, predictors, and implications. Prev Med 31:159-66 |
| Rigotti, N A; Arnsten, J H; McKool, K M et al. (1999) The use of nicotine-replacement therapy by hospitalized smokers. Am J Prev Med 17:255-9 |
| Thorndike, A N; Rigotti, N A; Stafford, R S et al. (1998) National patterns in the treatment of smokers by physicians. JAMA 279:604-8 |
| Rigotti, N A; DiFranza, J R; Chang, Y et al. (1997) The effect of enforcing tobacco-sales laws on adolescents' access to tobacco and smoking behavior. N Engl J Med 337:1044-51 |
| Rigotti, N A; Arnsten, J H; McKool, K M et al. (1997) Efficacy of a smoking cessation program for hospital patients. Arch Intern Med 157:2653-60 |
| Rigotti, N A; McKool, K M; Shiffman, S (1994) Predictors of smoking cessation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Results of a randomized trial with 5-year follow-up. Ann Intern Med 120:287-93 |
