A Smoking Cessation Trial in HIV-infected Patients in South Africa

"The nicotine patch be given in three phases:~* 2 weeks of patches at enrollment~* 6 weeks of patches at two-week follow-up visit~* 2 weeks of patches at two-month follow-up visit~This schedule will cover the entire 10-week course of therapy as per label instructions: 6 weeks at 21mg; 2 weeks at 14mg; and 2 weeks at 7mg."

"The advice to quit smoking message will follow NCI's 5A's model for smoking cessation counseling. This is a simple smoking cessation counseling strategy with 5 discrete components: (1) Ask about smoking at every opportunity; (2) Advise the patient to quit smoking; (3) Assess readiness to quit; (4) Assist the patient in quitting; and (5) Arrange follow-up.~Visit schedule:~* Baseline~* 2-week follow-up (Quit Day)~* 1-month follow-up~* 2-month follow-up~* 3-month follow-up~* 6-month follow-up~Participants abstinent at 6-month follow-up will be next seen at 12-month follow-up.~Participants still smoking at 6-month follow-up will be offered group-assigned intervention again."