CPT-SMART for Treatment of PTSD and Cigarette Smoking

12 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy for smoking cessation, designed to help participants prepare for quitting smoking, make a quit attempt, and stay quit from smoking.

All medically eligible participants will be prescribed bupropion to begin 7 days before the quit date and continued through 12 weeks post-quit. Participants will be scheduled to begin at 150mg/day of bupropion for at least 3 days before titrating up to 300mg/day dose of bupropion.

12 sessions of CPT, which is a well-established trauma-focused psychotherapy for PTSD that has demonstrated efficacy and effectiveness in Veterans.

Monetary reinforcement for smoking abstinence that is bioverified by breath carbon monoxide and saliva samples.

Participants in the yoked control will receive the monetary reinforcement of their yoked participant regardless of smoking abstinence or session attendance.