Adverse events

Participants receive a letter from their physician advising them to quit smoking, and undergo a 15-30-minute smoking-cessation counseling session by a trained research staff. The participants are educated and motivated about the importance of quitting smoking, and cancer-specific quitting issues. They will be called by Quitline in 2-3 days and receive a fact sheet about benefits of SC for cancer patients. Participants receive 8 weeks of nicotine replacement patches and up to 5 proactive telephone calls over a 12-week period. Participants also learn behavioral tips and coping skills. Nicotine Replacement Patch: Study participants will receive a baseline assessment after they consent to participate and before randomization. The intervention period will last 12 weeks (approximately 1 week for the in-office intervention and 12 weeks for all components of the Quitline intervention- telephone counseling and habitrol patches). Follow-up assessments will be administered at 3, 6, 12, \& 24 we

Participants receive a letter from their physician advising them to quit smoking, the importance of quitting smoking for cancer patients, and a copy of the National Cancer Institute's "Clearing the Air" smoking cessation booklet. Participants also receive standard of care from their oncology and other treatment providers which may or may not include nicotine replacement therapy.