Smoking Cessation With Smokeless Tobacco, Nicotine Tablets and Nicotine Patches

Summary

To test if smokeless tobacco is more effective than nicotine buccal tablets in smoking cessation compared with a control group with low dose nicotine patches. Also retreatment will be tested with smokeless tobacco every 6 months in failures for 1½ year. Adherence to the program will be enhanced by assessment of cholesterol, blood pressure, lung function and body weight every 6 months for 2 years.

Timeline

Start

2006-04

Primary completion

2010-04

Completion

2010-08

Drugs

Indications