Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Randomised-controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Combining Nicotine Patches With E-cigarettes (With and Without Nicotine) Plus Behavioural Support, on Smoking Abstinence
Brief Summary: A randomised trial to determine whether e-cigarettes (with and without nicotine) combined with nicotine patches and behavioural support can assist smokers in remaining abstinent for at least six months.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Smoke and want to quit in the next three months
* Reside in New Zealand
* At least 18 years of age
* Able to provide verbal consent
* Have access to telephone (mobile and/or landline)
* Are prepared to use a nicotine patch or a nicotine patch and e-cigarette together.
* Only one person per household is eligible.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant women
* Women who are breastfeeding
* Current users of NRT products
* People currently enrolled in another smoking cessation programme or other cessation study
* People who have used an e-cigarette for more than one week in the last year for smoking cessation
* Current users of non-nicotine based cessation therapies (e.g. buproprion, clonidine, nortriptyline or varenicline).
* People who have had a heart attack, stroke or severe angina within the previous two weeks.
* People who self-report a history of severe allergies and/or poorly controlled asthma.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* smoking an average of at least 10 manufactured combustible cigarettes per day for at least 12 months prior to Screening
* tested positive for urine cotinine (≥ 200 ng/mL) at Screening
* exhaled carbon monoxide \> 10 ppm (parts per million) at Screening

Exclusion Criteria:

* relevant illness history
* relevant medication use
* body mass index (BMI) \> 40 kg/m2 or \< 18 kg/m2 at Screening
* allergy to propylene glycol or glycerin
* use of nicotine-containing products other than manufactured combustible cigarettes within 14 days prior to Check-in
* use of any prescription smoking cessation treatments within 3 months prior to Check-in
* smokers who draw smoke from the cigarette into the mouth and throat but do not inhale
* planning to quit smoking during the study
* female subjects who are pregnant, lactating, or intend to become pregnant
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Schizophrenic subjects (according to DSM-IV-TR criteria) from throughout Sicily, (Italy), who smoke tobacco cigarettes, in stable phase of illness.
* smoke ≥10 factory made cig/day, for at least the past five years
* age 18-65 years
* in good general health
* not currently attempting to quit smoking or wishing to do so in the next 30 days (a specific test will be included to check their unwillingness to quit) 6 months
* committed to follow the trial procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

* use of smokeless tobacco or nicotine replacement therapy
* pregnancy or breastfeeding.
* current or recent (less than 1 yr) past history of alcohol and/or drug abuse
* other significant co-morbidities according to the Investigator's clinical assessment
D: Inclusion Criteria: healthy smokers unwilling to quit, between 18 and 60 years of age. They should report a cigarette intake of ≥ 15 cig/day for at least 5 years. At screening they must provide a CO level of ≥ 15 ppm and an FTND ≥ 5.

Exclusion Criteria: alcohol and illicit drug use, breastfeeding, or pregnancy. Individuals who report current attempts to quit smoking and previous experience with electronic cigarettes will be also excluded.

Answer: A