Medicinal Nicotine for Preventing Stress Induced Craving and Withdrawal Symptoms

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the timeframe (relative to a stress task) that is most effective at attenuating the increase in symptoms of tobacco craving and withdrawal that occur when smokers are presented with stressful situations.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Minnesota; University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute
• Collaborator: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Smoking an average of at least 10 cigarette per day

• General good health

Exclusion Criteria:

• unstable medical or psychiatric conditions

• history of severe motion sickness

• women who are pregnant or breast feeding

The investigators will evaluate if there are other reasons why someone may not participate