Medical Student INtervention to Promote Effective Nicotine Dependence and Tobacco HEalthcare

Repeated measures: MTSS scores at baseline, 1-week, 3- and 6-month follow-up.

If, on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 is not at all motivated to give up smoking and 10 is 100% motivated to give up, what number would you give yourself at the moment?

The proportion of patients who receive a prescription for a cessation medication at the time of discharge, assessed via medical chart audit;

the proportion of patients who report any use of a prescribed or over-the-counter cessation medication, of an approved cessation pharmacotherapy, including nicotine patch, gum, lozenge, inhaler, mouth spray, Champix, or Zyban at 1- and 6-months discharge

the proportion of attending physicians who prescribe cessation medication during the hospitalisation (to be obtained by medical chart audit);

7-day point prevalent abstinence rates assessed at both 3- and 6-months by self-report

Single items survey: How helpful was the support that you received from the medical student?" [not at all, a little bit, somewhat, quite a bit, or very much]?"

Single item survey: How knowledgeable was the medical student about quitting smoking? [not at all, a little bit, somewhat, quite a bit, or very much]

Three questionnaire items:

• In the past one/six months, have you quit smoking? Yes/No
• If no, in the past one/six months have you attempted to quit smoking? Yes/No
• If yes, how many times have you tried to quit in the past three/six months? ______

One questionnaire item: In the past 3/6 months since your hospital admission, did a doctor or health professional discuss ways of giving up smoking with you?