The Effect of Electronic Cigarette Use on Smoking Behaviors Among Smokers Receiving Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment

Exclusion Criteria

• •acute psychiatric symptomatology which precludes study participation including current active suicidal ideation
• •current diagnosis of dementia or cognitive impairment sufficient to impair provision of informed consent or study participation
• •patient's inability to provide consent for study participation due to his/her inability to demonstrate an understanding of study procedures as contained in the statement of informed consent, after no more than two explanations
• •current clinical diagnosis of intellectual development disorder
• •current regular use of other tobacco products or combustible marijuana
• •current (non-nicotine) substance use disorder and current substance use (in the past month)
• •current effort to quit smoking or current use of pharmacotherapy (in the past month) to quit smoking,
• •pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant within 6 months, current unstable cardiovascular disease,
• •current unstable pulmonary disease (i.e., an ER visit or hospitalization due to pulmonary issues in the past 6 month or current use of oxygen therapy),
• •patient does not have a stable home address where the research team could reliably reach patient
• •household members are currently participating or have participated in this research study