Telephone-Delivered Interventions for Smoking Cessation

Inclusion criteria

• ages 18 and older
• smokes at least ten cigarettes per day (to be eligible for NRT) and has done so for at least the past 12 months
• wants to quit smoking in the next 30 days
• if concurrently using any other nicotine or tobacco products wants to quit using them within the next 30 days
• willing to be randomly assigned to either group
• willing and able to speak and read in English
• willing and medically eligible to use NRT
• resides in the U.S., and expects to continue for at least 12 months
• not participating in other smoking cessation interventions (including our own intervention trials)
• has regular access to a telephone.

Exclusion criteria

The exclusion criteria are opposite of the inclusion criteria listed above.

In addition we will exclude:

• anyone who is pregnant or breast feeding
• has had a heart attack in the past 30 days
• has unstable angina
• has evidence of arrhythmia in the past 6 months
• has a history of severe skin reaction to adhesive patches.