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:Healthy smokers 18-60 years old, smoking ≥15 conventional cigarettes per day (cig/day) for at least 10 years were recruited using anti-smoking leaflets and by an approved kiosk located in the atrium of the university hospital (AOU 'Policlinico-V. Emanuele') promoting the smoking cessation services of the CPCT (Centro per la Prevenzione e Cura del Tabagismo, Università di Catania, Italy).

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Exclusion Criteria:history of alcohol and illicit drug use, major depression or other psychiatric conditions. We also excluded subjects who reported recent myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, essential hypertension (\>140mmHg systolic and/or \>90mmHg diastolic), diabetes mellitus, severe allergies, poorly controlled asthma or other airways diseases

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B: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Smokers smoking at least 10 cigarettes/day (factory made or roll-your-own) in the past year
2. Aged 18 to 70 years
3. Motivated to quit defined as a score \> 5 on a visual rating scale ranging from 0 (not motivated at all) to 10 (extremely motivated)
4. Signed written informed consent
5. Understanding and speaking French
6. Women of childbearing age can be included if they use an effective contraceptive method: either hormonal contraception or an intrauterine device started at least one month before the first research visit
7. Individual affiliated to a health insurance system as defined by the sponsor (except Aide Médicale d'État =AME)
8. Previous failure of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation

Exclusion Criteria:

1. any unstable disease condition within the last 3 months defined by the investigator as major change in symptoms or treatments such as 1.1.recent myocardial infarction, 1.2.unstable or worsening angina 1.3.severe cardiac arrhythmia 1.4.unstable or uncontrolled arterial hypertension 1.5.recent stroke 1.6.cerebrovascular disease 1.7.obliterative peripheral arterial disease 1.8.cardiac insufficiency 1.9.diabetes 1.10.hyperthyroidism 1.11.pheochromocytoma 1.12.severe hepatic insufficiency 1.13.history of seizures 1.14.severe depression 1.15.chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
2. any life threatening condition with life-expectancy of less than 3 months
3. alcohol use disorder defined as a score ≥ 10 on the AUDIT-C questionnaire
4. abuse of or dependence on illegal drugs in the last 6 months revealed by the medical history
5. regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes
6. current or previous (last 6 months) use of electronic cigarette
7. pregnant women
8. breastfeeding women
9. protected adults
10. current or past 3 months participation in another interventional research
11. current or past (last 3 months) use of smoking cessation medication such as varenicline, bupropion, nicotine replacement therapies
12. known lactose intolerance (placebo tablets contain lactose)
13. hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients
14. known severe renal failure
C: 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.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthy on the basis of medical history
* Current moderate-to-heavy smoker as determined by:

  * Has smoked \>=10 cigarettes per day regularly for the past year (by history) and (\>=5 cigarettes per day Study 2 ONLY)
  * Has an expired carbon monoxide (CO) at screening visit of 8 parts per million (ppm) or more (6 ppm or more Study 2 ONLY)
* Nicotine dependence assessed as \> 4 with the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence
* Willingness to abstain from smoking for 8 hours (overnight abstinence) prior to study visits
* Participant or legal representative must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent form prior to receiving any study related procedure

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unstable medical conditions (such as unstable heart disease, uncontrolled hypertension, thyroid disease, diabetes, renal or liver impairment, glaucoma, or prostatic hypertrophy) or psychiatric condition (such as current major depression, history of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, or current regular use of psychiatric medications such as major tranquilizers and antidepressants
* Pregnancy or lactation (by history) or positive pregnancy test at screening visit
* Positive urine drug test at screening visit
* History of serious side effects from nicotine or from any nicotine replacement therapies
* Alcohol or illicit drug dependence within the past 12 months (by history and urine tests)
* Concurrent participation in another clinical trial
* Unable to communicate in English
* Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements
* Any condition which in the Investigator's opinion deems the participant an unsuitable candidate to receive study intervention

Answer: C