10. Grant Proposal: Smoking
Cessation as a Target of Risk
Reduction
Smoking cessation
Why?
Huge impact on CVD risk
Huge impact on other risks and overall
health
Rates of smoking have decreased
significantly in recent decades
Increased awareness of smoking as a
health risk
11. Planned intervention
PCPs will screen patients who smoke and
may be interested in quitting
Pay health coach $5000 to spend 15
minutes with patients who smoke to develop
plans to quit smoking
Follow up in 1 year to track success rate
12. Metric to determine
improvement
Track patient-reported success rate of
smoking cessation at 1 year
Continue to provide support to patients
Continue to track smoking use amongst
patients
13. Time course
Review annual physical notes for update on
smoking cessation progress at 1, 2, and 5
years
14. Defense
Smoking continues to be a risk factor for
many diseases including CVD
Smoking cessation interventions can make a
huge impact on a patient’s overall health
Improvement in health outcomes can lead to
huge cost savings
$5000 pales in comparison to even one
hospitalization due to nonfatal MI or stroke