---
type: "example"
title: "Goal Example: goal-example-stop-smoking"
resource: "Goal"
example: "goal-example-stop-smoking"
---
# Goal Example: goal-example-stop-smoking

## Narrative

A simple care goal for a patient to stop smoking.

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Goal xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/goal.xsd">
	<id value="stop-smoking"/>
	<text>
		<status value="additional"></status>
		<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
			<p> A simple care goal for a patient to stop smoking.</p>
		</div>
	</text>
	<identifier>
		<value value="123"/>
	</identifier>
	<lifecycleStatus value="completed" />
	<achievementStatus>
		<coding>
			<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/goal-achievement" />
			<code value="achieved" />
			<display value="Achieved" />
		</coding>
		<text value="Achieved" />
	</achievementStatus>
	<description>
    		<text value="Stop smoking"/>
	</description>
	<subject>
		<reference value="Patient/example"/>
		<display value="Peter James Chalmers"/>
	</subject>
	<startDate value="2015-04-05" />
	<outcome>
    <concept>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
        <code value="8517006"/>
        <display value="Ex-smoker (finding)"/>
      </coding>
  		<text value="Former smoker"/>
    </concept>
	</outcome>
</Goal>
```