Duration of Behavioral Counseling Treatment Needed to Optimize Smoking Abstinence

Exclusion Criteria

• •Smokers with active atherosclerotic heart disease, severe cardiac arrhythmias, uncontrolled hypertension, severe peripheral vascular disease, pre-controlled diabetes mellitus, pregnancy, lactation or likely to become pregnant during the study period, and chronic dermatologic disease.
• •Smokers who meet DSM-IV lifetime criteria for conditions such as schizo-affective disorder and schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, or who have had alcohol or drug dependence issues within the past year.