Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: The Effects of Electronic Cigarette Smoking on the Arterial Wall and Endothelial Glycocalyx Properties of Smokers
Brief Summary: Electronic cigarette is proposed as a bridge to smoking cessation. In this study we examine its effects on aortic elasticity, glycocalyx integrity, and exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) concentration and platelet function, both acutely and after 1 month of use.


Options:
A: 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
B: 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.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Active conventional cigarette smoker

Exclusion Criteria:

* Health condition adversely affected by smoking, history or presence of cardiovascular disease
D: Inclusion Criteria:

Subjects must meet all of the following inclusion criteria to be eligible for enrolment into the study:

1. Able to comply with the study procedures
2. Male or female healthy smokers aged ≥19
3. Smoking at least 10 cigarettes a day
4. Smoking for at least one year
5. Not currently attempting to quit smoking or wishing to do so in the next 30 days (this will be verified at screening by the answer ''NO'' to both questions ''Do you intend to quit in the next 30 days?'' and ''Are you interested in taking part in one of our smoking cessation programs?'')
6. Female smokers not planning to become pregnant are using an acceptable form of contraception.

Exclusion Criteria:

The presence of any of the following will exclude a subject from study enrolment:

1. Use of smokeless tobacco, or any other tobacco products (including e-cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, snus, etc.) within the last 3 months, at baseline and during the whole study.
2. Use of nicotine replacement therapy or other smoking cessation therapies within the last 3 months and at baseline.
3. Self-reported pregnancy, planned pregnancy or breastfeeding.
4. Tobacco industry employees and 1st degree relatives will be excluded in order to safeguard independence of the study

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Answer: C