A Quit Smoking Study Using Smartphones

Inclusion Criteria:

- being age 18 or older;

- being able to read and write English;

- being willing and able to learn how to use a smartphone if they have not used one
before;

- smoking 10 or more cigarettes per day for the past 6 months;

- having an expired carbon monoxide rating of 6 ppm or greater;

- not having been diagnosed with or treated for schizophrenia, psychosis or bipolar
disorder in the past 10 years;

- being willing to make a quit attempt in 2 weeks;

- agreeing to attend clinic visits, receive coaching calls, and complete brief
smartphone assessments;

- planning to remain in the area for at least the next 2 months;

- using the following alternative tobacco products (a pipe, full sized cigars, snuff or
chew) no more than two times a week over the past month;

- being willing to stop using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) for the 6 weeks they
are in the study;

- not currently taking bupropion, Wellbutrin, or Zyban;

- if currently using nicotine replacement therapy or Varenicline, agreeing to use only
study medication for the duration of the study;

- being willing and able to use the nicotine patch;

- never having had a serious skin reaction or other allergic reaction to the nicotine
patch;

- not pregnant, trying to conceive, or nursing;

- if a woman of childbearing potential, agreeing to use or having their partner use an
acceptable method of birth control during a 2 month period (1 month of nicotine patch
and 1 month after). (Acceptable methods of birth control include: abstinence, condoms,
diaphragm, birth control pills or injectable contraceptive [e.g., Depo-Provera], an
intrauterine device, hysterectomy, tubal ligation, sterilization, vasectomy, or being
more than 2 years post-menopausal.)

- Participants need to report playing video games for no more than 60 minutes a day.

- Although participants can play console games, they need to be willing to not play any
mobile games for 6 weeks during the study if they are asked to do so.

- Participants need to report being willing to stay in the study even if they are not at
first successful in quitting smoking.

- They need to report that they have a way to get to the clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:

- They will be excluded if in the last 4 weeks they have been hospitalized for any of
the following: a stroke, heart attack, congestive heart failure, or an abnormal
electrocardiogram.