Motivational Program for Smokers Enrolled in a Methadone Maintenance Program

Overview

RATIONALE: Stop-smoking programs may help patients stop smoking and prevent cancer from forming. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well a motivational program works in helping smokers enrolled in a methadone maintenance program quit smoking.

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the efficacy of a brief motivational intervention on smoking cessation in smokers enrolled in a methadone maintenance program. OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 groups. * Group 1: Patients undergo assessment at baseline and at 1, 3, and 6 months. * Group 2: Patients receive a brief motivational intervention at the time of their baseline assessment and undergo assessment as in group 1. All patients will be offered a 2- to 3-month supply of nicotine patches. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 400 patients will be accrued for this study.

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