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Key Points Question Can electronic outreach to patients via portal messaging combined with asynchronous care overcome physician- and patient-level barriers and increase physician-assisted attempts to quit smoking? Findings In this randomized clinical trial of 188 smokers, 9.5% who received electronic outreach messaging and interacted with their physician via a smoking cessation survey (asynchronous care) initiated a quit attempt, while only 4.3% who received electronic outreach messaging without asynchronous care initiated a quit attempt. This difference was not statistically significant. Meaning These findings suggest that primary care practices can use electronic outreach technology to reach smokers and remotely connect them to resources by removing physician- and patient-level barriers through asynchronous care.