About the Authors

Thomas G. Land

Thomas.Land@state.ma.us

Affiliation Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nancy A. Rigotti

Affiliation Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, Department of Medicine, and Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Douglas E. Levy

Affiliation Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, Department of Medicine, and Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thad Schilling

Affiliation Atrius Health/Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Newton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Donna Warner

Affiliation Multi-State Collaborative for Health Systems Change to Reduce Tobacco Use, Georgetown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wenjun Li

Affiliation Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

One of the authors (Thad Schilling) is employed by Atrius/Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. The data analyzed for this study was initially prepared by analysts from Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL DL WL NR DW. Performed the experiments: TL. Analyzed the data: TL DL WL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TL. Wrote the paper: TL NR DL TS DW WL. Wrote code used in the analysis: TL.