Nicotine Delivery Systems: Research & Treatment

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2009-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether sampling nicotine replacement treatments (NRTs) is superior to learning about them by computer. Testing also covers preferences among the treatments. Subjects will be enrolled veterans who smoke.

Hypothesis: Direct experience ("sampling") of NRTs will increase knowledge about NRTs, motivation/confidence, use of NRTs and quit attempts in contrast to learning about NRTs by computer.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: US Department of Veterans Affairs; VA Office of Research and Development
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must be enrolled veteran who smokes.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any event or condition that could be exacerbated by the local effects of nicotine treatments (e.g., throat or stomach problems; any kind of wheezing from a condition or medication)

• other criteria as determined by PI and study physicians

• reactions to menthol (inhaler) or to aspartame (lozenge)