Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Smokers
Brief Summary: When smokers are hospitalized they quit smoking, either voluntarily or involuntarily. Most of them, however, go back to smoking soon after discharge. This study will test an innovative approach which includes dispensing nicotine patches at discharge, providing proactive telephone counseling post discharge, or giving a combination of the two. The interventions are aimed at increasing the long term quit rate of these patients.

The specific aims of the study are to demonstrate the effects of two interventions, dispensing nicotine patches at discharge and providing proactive telephone counseling soon after discharge, on 12-month quit rates of hospitalized smokers in a 2 x 2 factorial design.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* smokers (defined as those that smoke at least 2 cigarettes per day and have smoked within the last 7 days)
* over age 18
* presenting to preadmission clinic at St. Joseph's Health Care at least 3 weeks prior to scheduled date of surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

* less than age 18
* poor proficiency in English language
* pregnant
* breastfeeding
* unable to consent due to severe mental illness or dementia
* actively participating in another smoking cessation trial
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years or older
* Smoke \>=6 Cigarettes per day
* English or Spanish speaking
* Valid phone number
* Valid address
* Gave consent to participate in study and evaluation

Exclusion Criteria:

* Hospital stay of less than 24 hours
* Inability to communicate orally
* Hypersensitivity to nicotine
* Pregnant
* Hospitalized for psychiatric treatment
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: B