THE JOINT COMMISSION NOTE: This data is only populated if the Adult Smoking History is entered Y (Yes).

• If the patient refused smoking cessation advice or counseling during this hospital stay, select “Yes.”
• If the patient has a history of cigarette smoking within the year prior to the arrival date but the patient does not currently smoke, they should be advised to continue not smoking. For these patients, if this advice/counseling was not done, select “No.”
• If the patient is prescribed Wellbutrin/bupropion, it should not be assumed that this is a smoking cessation aid unless specifically noted as such. It is sometimes used as an antidepressant unrelated to smoking.
• In cases where a document provides a checkbox for this information and the checkbox is left unchecked, credit for giving smoking cessation counseling to the patient/caregiver should not be taken. E.g., Checkbox on discharge instruction sheet which reads, “For more information on quitting smoking classes, please contact 1-800-xxx-xxxx “ is left unchecked – select “No.”
• The caregiver is defined as the patient’s family or any other person (e.g., home health, VNA provider) who will be responsible for care of the patient after discharge.

Excluded Data Sources:
Any documentation dated/timed after discharge, except discharge summary and operative/procedure/diagnostic test reports (from procedure done during hospital stay).