Comparing Ways to Promote Quitting Smoking for People Referred for Lung Cancer Screenings

The enhancement to this project addresses maintenance of preventive health services during the pandemic, specifically identifying challenges and facilitators of engaging with smoking cessation programs and lung cancer screening, which cannot be provided by telehealth. Interventions can be compared in head-to-head comparative effectiveness research to inform decision making regarding engaging patients in preventive health care. The pandemic is affecting access to lung cancer screening more than other types of services more amenable to telehealth delivery, thereby potentially increasing disparities in health because the target population has higher prevalence of smoking and lung cancer.