Evaluation of Learning-Theory-Based Smoking Cessation Strategies

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This clinical trials tests whether a new treatment designed to help smokers prepare to quit smoking by practicing quitting several times helps more smokers quit and stay quit than standard treatment with nicotine patch and smoking cessation counseling. The practice quitting treatment being tested involves quitting for progressively longer periods of time tailored to individual patterns of smoking. This clinical trial will also test whether non-nicotine cigarettes can help smokers become smoke free after slipping during a stop smoking attempt.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Rutgers University
• Collaborator: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years of age or older

• Smoke cigarettes daily

• Motivated to quit smoking

• Able to read and write English

• Willing and able to complete study visits and cell phone calls

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy, breastfeeding, planning on becoming pregnant during the study

• Recent heart attack or heart surgery, heart disease, unstable angina

• Allergy to adhesives

• Past negative reactions to nicotine patch

• Serious skin conditions