Tobacco use remains prevalent among Veterans. Although effective smoking cessation interventions exist, long-term term quit rates remain sub-optimal. The project will investigate the feasibility of a stepped care approach to treating tobacco use that includes enhancements based on initial response to treatment to augment the investigators' existing tailored tobacco treatment intervention.
Use tobacco (cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, pipes, cigars, hookah) on a daily basis
Be willing to make a quit attempt in the next 30 days
Able to provide informed consent
Have access to a telephone
Planning to move within the next 6 months
Terminal illness
Unstable psychiatric disorder (e.g., acute psychosis)
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Lead sponsor
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Collaborator