Smoking Cessation Treatment for Substance Use Dependents

"The CBT treatment will be implemented in 8-week group-based sessions (maximum 4 patients). Sessions will be carried out once a week over an 8-week period, with quit date occurring at fifth session. Patients will be asked to gradually reduce their nicotine intake (i.e., 25% each week). CBT components include: psychoeducation, self-monitoring, physiological feedback, training in stimulus control and strategies for controlling negative discomfort, and relapse prevention strategies.~As part of the EFT, participants will be asked to select future smoking-related events that would occur within the following time periods: 2 weeks, 1, and 6 months. They will be instructed to generate personal audio recordings that will be used to help them think about future decision-making choices."

This intervention includes the abovementioned treatment components and a CM procedure reinforcing abstinence. This arm will consist on delivering CBT and EFT and providing patients incentives to promote and reinforce abstinence contingent on abstinence. The schedule will incorporate an increasing magnitude of reinforcement.