Counseling and Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Helping Adult Smokers Quit Smoking
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Stop-smoking plans, including counseling and nicotine replacement therapy, may
help smokers quit smoking. It is not yet known whether counseling and the nicotine lozenge is
more effective than counseling and the nicotine patch in helping adult smokers quit smoking.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying counseling and the nicotine lozenge to
see how well they work compared to counseling and the nicotine patch in helping smokers quit
smoking.