Efficacy of Tobacco Quitline for Cancer Survivors

Inclusion Criteria:

- Participants smokes cigarettes

- Participants is a cancer survivor

- Participant must be at least 18 years of age.

- Childhood cancer survivors must be at least one year out active cancer treatment.

- Participant understands consent procedures.

- Participant speaks English.

- Participant must have access to a telephone for participation

Exclusion Criteria:

- Inability to understand consent procedures

- Participants with a known contraindication or sensitivity to nicotine replacement
therapy may participate in this study; however they will not receive nicotine
replacement therapy (NRT) as part of their smoking cessation program.

- Since our participants are childhood cancer survivors and they can be medically
fragile and we are interested in providing all eligible participants with NRT to
enhance their ability to quit smoking, we added a cautionary conditions list to the
recruitment screening form. Those with severe arrhythmias, myocardial infarction,
unstable angina, cerebrovascular incident, blood vessel disease, phaeochromocytoma,
diabetes, hyperthyroidism, abnormal kidney or liver function, or history of gastritis
or peptic ulcers, or who smoke less than 5 cigarettes per day will not receive NRT.

- Patients with questionable NRT eligibility will be discussed/reviewed on a case by
case basis with the Staff Family Physician