Using methods similar to prior EHR-based studies [31,32,33,34,35], a person was identified as quit if there was at least one measurement documented in the post-period that indicated the patients status changed from one indicating current smoking to one indicating former smoking (regardless of whether the patient had a subsequent status that indicated a return to smoking)
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