Efficacy and Safety of Rimonabant as an Aid to Maintenance of Smoking Cessation

Inclusion Criteria: * Smokers smoking at least 10 cigarettes/day as a mean within the 2 months preceding the screening visit * Motivated to quit with a score greater than or equal to 6 on the ten-point Motivation Scale Exclusion Criteria: * non tobacco cigarettes consumption * chronic use of marijuana * pregnancy, breastfeeding * any clinically significant disease that might interfere with the efficacy or safety evaluation of the study drug * Concomitant use of drugs as an aid to smoking cessation or that might induce weight change