Audience: Clinicians, tobacco control advocates, and researchers

Key Points: Clinicians and researchers from 4 evidence-based hospital programs will present descriptions and data from their services, including 1) how smokers are identified and referred; 2) service components and support materials, 3) coordinating pharmacotherapy; 4) supportive system changes such as new order sets, altering the electronic medical record, changes to discharge planning, and implementing new treatment/indoor air policies; and 5) how tobacco treatment providers interface with other members of the hospital health care team.

Activities: Presenters will describe their programs and discussant Dr. Nancy Rigotti will present Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners programs and discuss themes across presentations. Time will be reserved for audience questions and discussion regarding barriers and solutions for optimizing hospital treatment of tobacco dependence.

Learning Objectives: 1) To describe elements of evidence-based hospital programs 2) To identify hospital systems changes that facilitate identification and treatment of smokers 3) To tailor systems changes to a range of hospital programs

Benefits: The audience will gain expertise in designing effective tobacco treatment programs for hospital inpatients.