The study
will compare five different treatments for quitting smoking:
1. nicotine patch
2. nicotine lozenge
3. nicotine patch and nicotine lozenge
4. bupropion (also known as, Zyban™ or Wellbutrin™)
5. bupropion (also known as, Zyban™ or Wellbutrin™)
and nicotine lozenge
You will not be able to choose which medications you receive.
The medications will be randomly assigned. Around 87% of participants
will get active medication and 13% will receive placebo medication
that contains no active ingredient (like a sugar pill).
Everyone in
the study will receive six individual, one-on-one counseling sessions
to help stop smoking. Counseling alone has been shown to double
the success rate of quitting.
