Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Bupropion Treatment for Smokers in Recovery
Brief Summary: Smoking is often a problem for alcohol dependent individuals. Many people who seek treatment for alcohol dependence are unable to quit smoking. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of bupropion, an antidepressant medication, in treating smokers receiving treatment for alcohol dependence.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* An age of at least 18 years,
* A cigarette consumption of at least 15 cigarettes per day in the last 3 months, and
* The willingness to contribute EUR 70 to the treatment costs, regardless of the treatment modality.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any psychiatric diagnosis except nicotine or caffeine dependence,
* Any current psychopharmacological treatment,
* Known hypersensitivity to bupropion,
* Epilepsy,
* Liver cirrhosis,
* Brain tumor,
* Pregnancy (verified by an immunological test at the intake interview and 3 weeks after the first day of the first menses occurring within treatment),
* Lactation,
* Any serious or unstable cardiac,
* Renal,
* Hypertensive,
* Pulmonary,
* Endocrine, or neurologic disorder,
* Ulcers,
* Dermatologic disorders,
* Current use of other smoking cessation treatments, and
* Regular use of any noncigarette tobacco product
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Eligible participants will be 68 (34 male and 34 female) smokers aged 18-65, who smoke ≥ 10 cigarettes per day, provide a baseline CO reading ≥ 10 ppm and who plan to live in the area for the next 6-months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Smoking Behavior

  1. Use of chewing tobacco or snuff
  2. Current enrollment or plans to enroll in another smoking cessation program in the next 5 months
  3. Plan to use other nicotine substitutes or smoking cessation treatments in the next 5 months
  4. Provide a baseline CO reading \< 10 ppm

Alcohol/Drug Exclusion Criteria

1. History of substance abuse and/or currently receiving treatment for substance abuse (e.g., alcohol, opioids, cocaine, marijuana, or stimulants)
2. Current alcohol consumption that exceeds \>25 standard drinks/week

Medication Exclusion Criteria

1. Current use or recent discontinuation (within last 14-days) of the following medications:

1. Any form of smoking cessation medication (zyban, wellbutrin, wellbutrin SR, Chantix, NRT)
2. Any form of anti-psychotic medications that includes:

   * antipsychotics,
   * atypical antipsychotics,
   * mood-stabilizers,
   * anti-depressants (tricyclics, SSRI's, MAOI's),
   * anti-panic agents,
   * anti-obsessive agents,
   * anti-anxiety agents, and
   * stimulants (e.g., Provigil, Ritalin).
3. Medication for chronic pain
4. Anti-coagulants
5. Any heart medications
6. Daily medication for asthma

Medical Exclusion Criteria

1. Women who are pregnant, planning a pregnancy, or lactating.
2. History or current diagnosis of psychosis, major depression or bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or any Axis 1 disorder as identified by the SCID.
3. Serious or unstable disease within the past 6 months (e.g., cancer \[except melanoma\], heart disease, HIV).
4. History of epilepsy or a seizure disorder.
5. History or current diagnosis (last 6-months) of abnormal rhythms and/or tachycardia (\>100 beats/minute); history or current diagnosis of COPD, cardiovascular disease (stroke, angina, coronary heart disease), heart attack in the last 6 months, uncontrolled hypertension (SBP\>150 or DBP\>90)
6. History of Kidney and/or liver failure (including transplant).
7. Wears a device to aid in hearing (hearing aid, cochlear implant, etc.).
8. Hearing threshold \< 40 dB SPL at 1000 Hz.
9. Color blindness.

General Exclusion

1. Any medical condition or concomitant medication that could compromise participant safety or treatment, as determined by the Principal Investigator and/or Study Physician.
2. Inability to provide informed consent or complete any of the study tasks as determined by the Principal Investigator and/or Study Physician.
3. Any physical or visual impairment that may prevent the individual from using a computer keyboard or completing any study tasks.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18-65 years old;
* smoked an average of at least 10 cigarettes per day for three cumulative years;
* have an expired air CO reading assessed at screening of at least 10ppm;
* express a desire to quit smoking within the next 30 days.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Hypertension (systolic \>140 mm Hg, diastolic \>100 mm Hg, coupled with a history of hypertension); subjects with no previous diagnosis of hypertension may have a screening blood pressure up to 160/100.
* Hypotension with symptoms (systolic \<90 mm Hg, diastolic \<60 mm Hg).
* Coronary heart disease;
* Lifetime history of heart attack;
* Cardiac rhythm disorder (irregular heart rhythm);
* Chest pains (unless history, exam, and ECG clearly indicate a non-cardiac source);
* Cardiac (heart) disorder (including but not limited to valvular heart disease, heart murmur, heart failure);
* History of skin allergy;
* Active skin disorder (e.g., psoriasis) within the last five years, except minor skin conditions (including but not limited to facial acne, minor localized infections, and superficial minor wounds);
* Liver or kidney disorder (except kidney stones, gallstones);
* Gastrointestinal problems or disease other than gastroesophageal reflux or heartburn;
* Active ulcers in the past 30 days;
* Currently symptomatic lung disorder/disease (including but not limited to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and asthma);
* Brain abnormality (including but not limited to stroke, brain tumor, and seizure disorder);
* Migraine headaches that occur more frequently than once per week;
* Recent, unexplained fainting spells;
* Problems giving blood samples;
* Diabetes treated with insulin; non-insulin treated diabetes (unless glucose is less than 180mg/dcl and HbA1c is less than 7%);
* Current cancer or treatment for cancer in the past six months (except basal or squamous cell skin cancer);
* Other major medical condition;
* Current psychiatric disease (with the exception of anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and ADHD);
* Suicidal ideation (within the past 10 years) or lifetime occurrence of attempted suicide;
* Current depression;
* Bulimia or anorexia;
* Pregnant or nursing mothers;
* Alcohol abuse;
* Use of Opiate medications for pain or sleep in the past 14 days;
* Significant adverse reaction to nicotine patches, nicotine inhalers, bupropion / Wellbutrin / Zyban or Chantix / Varenicline in the past.
* Use (within the past 30 days) of:
* Illegal drugs (or if the urine drug screen is positive),
* Experimental (investigational) drugs;
* Psychiatric medications including antidepressants, anti-psychotics or any other medications that are known to affect smoking cessation (e.g. clonidine);
* Smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff), cigars, pipes or e-cigarettes;
* Wellbutrin, bupropion, Zyban, Chantix, nicotine replacement therapy or any other smoking cessation aid.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Smokes a minimum of 10 cigarettes daily for at least 1 year prior to study entry
* Abstinence from alcohol and other non-nicotine drugs for between 1 and 12 months at time of study entry
* Meets criteria for alcohol dependence or abuse in the 12 months prior to study entry

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of seizures, head trauma and/or severe hepatic cirrhosis
* Current use of medications known to affect smoking behavior and/or cessation
* Use of tricyclic antidepressant medication and monoamine oxidase inhibitors
* Major depressive disorder within the month prior to study entry
* Eating disorder within the year prior to study entry
* History of bipolar or psychotic disorder
* Pregnant or breastfeeding
* Unstable serious medical disorder
* History of migraines
* Currently using smokeless tobacco, pipes, or cigars

Answer: D