In-patient Smoking Cessation Intervention Using Counseling, Spirometry and Nicotine Replacement Therapy

The objective of the study is to assess the effect of in-hospital intensive counseling and NRT (nicotine replacement therapy) vs. usual care, on smoking cessation or enrollment to smoking cessation behavioral intervention. This is prospective randomized clinical trial. The study population will include smokers subjects admitted to internal medicine departments at Soroka University Medical Center. The study population will be divided randomly into three arms according to intervention intensity (ratio 1:1:1).