Study: NCT02354872

Intervention type: DRUG
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Nicotine Mini-Lozenge
Description: If randomized to only the Nicotine Mini-Lozenge condition: Participants randomized to this condition will receive up to a 12 month supply of 2 mg or 4 mg nicotine mini-lozenges. Mini-Lozenges will be given at the initial visit and over the course of the whole study. Participants will be instructed to use 9 pieces daily for the 12 months.

Intervention type: DRUG
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Nicotine Mini-Lozenge
Description: If randomized to only the Nicotine Mini-Lozenge condition: Participants randomized to this condition will receive up to a 12 month supply of 2 mg or 4 mg nicotine mini-lozenges. Mini-Lozenges will be given at the initial visit and over the course of the whole study. Participants will be instructed to use 9 pieces daily for the 12 months.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Behavioral Reduction Counseling
Description: We will deliver BR in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period, with an in-person session at Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. Sessions are front-loaded to enhance acquisition of new behaviors. BR Counseling will emphasize the development of smoking control skills via feasible, specific, and graded assignments of smoking reduction activities that will be tracked over time. BR will also emphasize competence and self-efficacy, both which will be directly linked to the practice of smoking reduction skills and success in smoking control. The health counselor will provide rationales for the reduction intervention, why reduction (e.g., eliminating smoking contexts) should help the smoker, and provide the participant with specific exercises and goals. The health counselor will explicitly address pragmatic issues such as work contexts, smoking policies, and habits that interfere with smoking reduction efforts.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Behavioral Reduction Counseling
Description: We will deliver BR in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period, with an in-person session at Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. Sessions are front-loaded to enhance acquisition of new behaviors. BR Counseling will emphasize the development of smoking control skills via feasible, specific, and graded assignments of smoking reduction activities that will be tracked over time. BR will also emphasize competence and self-efficacy, both which will be directly linked to the practice of smoking reduction skills and success in smoking control. The health counselor will provide rationales for the reduction intervention, why reduction (e.g., eliminating smoking contexts) should help the smoker, and provide the participant with specific exercises and goals. The health counselor will explicitly address pragmatic issues such as work contexts, smoking policies, and habits that interfere with smoking reduction efforts.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Behavioral Reduction Counseling
Description: We will deliver BR in 10 (10-15 minute) sessions over a 52-week period, with an in-person session at Visit 1 followed by nine phone counseling sessions. Sessions are front-loaded to enhance acquisition of new behaviors. BR Counseling will emphasize the development of smoking control skills via feasible, specific, and graded assignments of smoking reduction activities that will be tracked over time. BR will also emphasize competence and self-efficacy, both which will be directly linked to the practice of smoking reduction skills and success in smoking control. The health counselor will provide rationales for the reduction intervention, why reduction (e.g., eliminating smoking contexts) should help the smoker, and provide the participant with specific exercises and goals. The health counselor will explicitly address pragmatic issues such as work contexts, smoking policies, and habits that interfere with smoking reduction efforts.