Tobacco Use Treatment: Synopsis of the 2026 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline
A work group representing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) prepared a new VA/DoD clinical practice guideline (CPG) for tobacco use treatment. This article provides a synopsis of the 2026 CPG, which addresses use of commercially available tobacco and nicotine products.
Authors
- Jackie A. Hayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5377-7644)
- Jessica W. Cook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9631-6637)
- Mark C. Geraci
- Linda Valles-Gutierrez
- Dana E. Christofferson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4733-6380)
- Timothy C. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5962-8546)
- Patrick S. Calhoun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6739-6634)
- Steven S. Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2246-9825)
- Mark G. Myers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4044-2914)
- Taylor E. Zurlinden
- James Sall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8564-1314)
- Patricia A. Vu
- Aggee Loblack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3582-4268)
- James A. Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6024-6297)
- Scott E. Sherman
Institutions
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
- Madigan Army Medical Center (US)
- Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center (US)
- VA NY Harbor Healthcare System (US)
- VA San Diego Healthcare System (US)
- Long Beach Medical Center (US)
- Minneapolis VA Health Care System (US)
- 59th Medical Wing (US)
- Durham VA Health Care System (US)
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (US)
- Duke University Health System (US)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (AU)
- Sigma Research (United States) (US)
- California State University, Long Beach (US)
- National Patient Safety Foundation (US)
- Joint Base San Antonio (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2026-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7326/annals-26-01499
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.99