The Get Quit - Stay Quit Study

Inclusion Criteria

• •1. Participants must report smoking at least 5 cigarettes per day for the previous 6 months AND sometimes smoke at least 10 cigarettes in one day.
• •2. Participants must want to quit smoking and be ready to make a quit attempt within the next 30 days.
• •3. Participants must plan to remain in the intervention catchment area for at least 8 months.
• •4. Age \>18 years. Nicotine patches are not currently approved by FDA for those under age 18.
• •5. Participants must be willing to attend and provide data at the 8 study visits, including an assessment visit at which a blood sample will be drawn, 6 group treatment sessions, respond to follow-up telephone calls, and a 6-month follow-up visit.
• •6. Participants must be able to read and write in English.
• •7. Nicotine is known to be harmful to the developing human fetus at the recommended therapeutic dose. For this reason women of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the standard duration of transdermal nicotine therapy (10 weeks). Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, the patient should inform the treating clinician immediately.
• •8. Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
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