Smoking Cessation in Women With Gynecological Conditions

Patients will use one patch per day for 6 weeks for a total of 42 patches - they will receive 7 the first visit and then the additional 35 at the second visit. Women will receive 3 weeks of original strength nicotine patches, and will receive patches half as strong during the last 3 weeks of the study. This will allow for a lower strength of nicotine as each woman continues with smoking cessation.

The number of cartridges for the electronic cigarettes is determined by asking each patient the number of packs currently smoked per day, and multiplying 1.5 times the number of packs smoked per day. We plan to decrease the strength of the cartridges by one half after three weeks of intervention. We will give each women supplies and instructions accordingly. This will allow for a lower strength of nicotine as each woman continues with smoking cessation