During the hospital-stay: All patients included in the two arms study, received an individual therapeutic education associated to motivational interview. The therapeutic education aimed to explain tobacco addiction, psychological, physical and behavioral tobacco dependence, the efficiency of NRT in the smoking cessation and introduce examples of behavioral strategies that the patient might adopt when leaving the hospital to overcome his nicotine dependence. Data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire. Patients were asked about their socio-demographic status, history of tobacco use, level of nicotine dependence (Fagerstrom test for Nicotine Dependence: FTNDs) (15), psychological state (using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (16), co-addiction (alcohol, drugs, cannabis) and the level of motivation to quit smoking (QMAT scale) (17). Participants in "A" arm have start NRT. The first appointment was scheduled at one week from hospital discharge.