Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Treatment of Nicotine Dependence in a Health Care Setting
Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Varenicline tartrate may help people quit smoking by decreasing the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal. It is not yet known whether varenicline tartrate is more effective in helping people stop smoking when given together with a telephone-based counseling program, and Internet-based counseling program, or both programs.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well giving varenicline tartrate together with a telephone-based counseling program and/or an Internet-based counseling program works in helping adults stop smoking.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Over the age of 18
* Reported smoking at least 10 cigarettes per day for at least 25 of the last 30 days
* Speak English
* Their regular physician is a participating physician
* Working home telephone or cellular phone

Exclusion Criteria:

* Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next two years
* Plan on moving within two years
* Display signs of dementia or other mental disorders
* Live with a smoker already enrolled
B: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 18 or above
2. Current smoker with a history of at least five cigarettes/day for the past year
3. Motivated to quit within the next 30 days (preparation stage)
4. Participants must provide a viable home address and a functioning home telephone number
5. Can read and write in English
6. Register "8" or more on a carbon monoxide breath test
7. Provide viable collateral contact information

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Contraindication for nicotine patch use
2. Regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes (cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco)
3. Use of bupropion or nicotine patch replacement products other than the study patches
4. Pregnancy or lactation
5. Another household member enrolled in the study
6. Active substance dependence (exclusive of nicotine dependence)
7. Current psychiatric disorder; current use of psychotropic medication
8. Participation in a smoking cessation program or study during the past 90 days
C: smokers of at least 10 cigarettes per day

Inclusion Criteria:

MULTIPLE

Exclusion Criteria:

MULTIPLE
D: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Smokes 10 or more cigarettes/day over the past year AND ≥ 5 cigarettes/day within the past week
* Planning to stop smoking in 4-6 weeks
* Member of Group Health Cooperative (GHC) and planning to stay enrolled for the next 6 months
* Eligible for the Free \& Clear program
* Enrolled in the COMPASS study using bupropion hydrochloride medication
* No prior participation in GHC's Free \& Clear smoking cessation program within the past 6 months

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* In good general health
* Sufficient verbal and written English
* Dependable access to a telephone and the Internet
* Not currently drinking ≥ 14 alcoholic drinks per week and/or binge drinking ≥ 2 times in the past month
* Not pregnant or nursing
* No plan to become pregnant
* No severe chronic heart disease (e.g, myocardial infarction within the past 3 months)
* No severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that ever required hospitalization or oxygen treatment
* No diagnosis of or treatment for a psychotic disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or mania)
* Not having certain kidney problems

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
* No concurrent use of medications contraindicated with bupropion hydrochloride or known to lower seizure threshold (e.g., antidepressant, antipsychotic, monamine oxidase inhibitor, or protease inhibitor)
* No concurrent use of recreational or street drugs
* No concurrent use of bupropion hydrochloride or nicotine replacement therapy
* No concurrent cimetidine, metformin, phenformin, pindolol, procainamide
* Not on dialysis

Answer: D