Conditions: Smoking
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 150
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The primary aim of this research study (STEP) is to compare the effectiveness of two smoking cessation programs that integrate counseling and nicotine replacement with either a wellness program or exercise. This will help us to determine whether different lifestyle interventions (wellness or exercise) help increase the effectiveness of current standard programs for smoking cessation.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Cognitive Behavioral Treatment intervention 2: Nicotine Patch intervention 3: Wellness Program intervention 4: Aerobic Exercise
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Cognitive Behavioral Treatment intervention 2: Nicotine Patch intervention 3: Wellness Program intervention 4: Aerobic Exercise

Protocol document: