Maintaining Nonsmoking: Older Smokers - 1
Tobacco Use Disorder
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Tobacco Use Disorder focused on measuring Smoking cessation, Tobacco
Eligibility Criteria
smokers of at least 10 cigarettes per day Inclusion Criteria: MULTIPLE Exclusion Criteria: MULTIPLE
Sites / Locations
- San Francisco
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Active Comparator
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Brief Treatment
Extended NRT
Tailored/No Extended NRT
Extended Tailored Counseling + NRT
Pharmacological Treatment - Subjects received 12 weeks of bupropion treatment and 10 weeks of nicotine replacement treatment (NRT) Brief Counseling - The counseling intervention consisted of five 90-minute group meetings. There was no further treatment during Weeks 12-52.
Pharmacological Treatment - Following completion of the Brief Treatment, subjects assigned to this condition would continue receiving NRT for up to 52 weeks. Subjects in this condition would be encouraged to continue NRT through Week 24. If a subject terminated NRT and resumed smoking, before Week 50, would be instructed to set a quit date and resume NRT. Counseling Treatment - This is identical to the Brief Counseling described above.
This condition was identical to the Tailored/NRT condition except that no NRT was available after completion of the Brief Treatment.
Tailored Counseling Treatment- The primary goal of the extended treatment was to prevent relapse. Secondary goal was to encourage initiation of abstinence for those who have not attained it by Week 12, and re-initiation of abstinence after slips. Subjects would participate in the Brief Treatment followed by individual sessions. The first extended treatment counseling session would occur at Week 10. Additional sessions would be held every two weeks then every four weeks, and finally at Weeks 44 and 52. Each session would be 20-30 minutes long. Between sessions subjects would be contacted by phone for brief check-ins (5-10 minutes).