Persistence-Targeted Smoking Cessation

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators propose to develop a theory-based smoking cessation intervention (called Persistence-targeted smoking cessation; PTSC). PTSC includes 8 weekly individual counseling sessions and use of nicotine lozenge for 12 weeks. The investigators will test the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the intervention (i.e., cigarettes per day and prolonged abstinence).

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Collaborator: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must be between 18 - 64 years old

• Must smoke at least 10 cigarettes per day for past 6-months

• Expired breath carbon monoxide (CO) > 7

• Must have a working cellular phone

Exclusion Criteria:

• Must not be currently receiving tobacco dependence treatment counseling

• Must not currently be taking varenicline, bupropion, or any nicotine preparations (gum, lozenge, patch, spray, inhaler)

• Must have no contraindications to using nicotine lozenge