Smoking Reduction or Cessation With Nicotine Replacement Therapy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2000-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the success rate of smoking reduction or cessation with different nicotine products.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: McNeil AB
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age above 18

• Smoking >/= 15 cigarettes/day

• Having smoked for 3 years or more

• CO >/= 10ppm at inclusion

• Want to reduce smoking

• Prepared to adhere to the protocol

• Willing to provide signed informed consent

• Having made at least one serious attempt to quit smoking

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction within the last three months

• Use of other nicotine-containing products such as cigars, pipes, snuff

• Current use of NRT or involved in behavioral or pharmacological smoking cessation/reduction program

• Pregnancy/lactation or intended pregnancy

• Under psychiatric care or medication that might interfere with the trial

• Abuse of alcohol or any other drug