Comparing Smoking Treatment Programs for Lighter Smokers - 1

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study was to compare two different types of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved smoking cessation medications (nicotine patch or bupropion) used in conjunction with two levels of counseling. It was hypothesized that the higher level of counseling would have the highest rates of treatment completion and highest rates of abstinence.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Peter Gariti; University of Pennsylvania
• Collaborator: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Treatments: Bupropion; Nicotine

Criteria

Light smokers (6-15 cigarettes per day

Inclusion Criteria:

Mentally and physically stable, non-pregnant, light smokers (6-15 cigarettes per day)

Exclusion Criteria:

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