Telephone-Delivered Interventions for Smoking Cessation

Inclusion Criteria

• •1. ages 18 and older
• •2. smokes at least ten cigarettes per day (to be eligible for NRT) and has done so for at least the past 12 months
• •3. wants to quit smoking in the next 30 days
• •4. if concurrently using any other nicotine or tobacco products wants to quit using them within the next 30 days
• •5. willing to be randomly assigned to either group
• •6. willing and able to speak and read in English
• •7. willing and medically eligible to use NRT
• •8. resides in the U.S., and expects to continue for at least 12 months
• •9. not participating in other smoking cessation interventions (including our own intervention trials)
• •10. has regular access to a telephone.
• •In addition we will exclude:
• •1. anyone who is pregnant or breast feeding
• •2. has had a heart attack in the past 30 days
• •3. has unstable angina
• •4. has evidence of arrhythmia in the past 6 months
• •5. has a history of severe skin reaction to adhesive patches.