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Video Toolkit with Varenicline and/or Nicotine Replacement for Smoking Cessation among Current Smokers

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial compares a video toolkit intervention with varenicline and/or nicotine replacement to standard care for smoking cessation among current smokers. The video toolkit is a designed to teach patients about nicotine’s mechanisms of action and approved medications (i.e., varenicline), outcomes relative to other treatment options and address misperceptions and mistrust on uptake of varenicline and other medication for quitting smoking. Varenicline is a drug called a nicotine receptor partial agonist and is used to help people stop smoking by acting the same way nicotine acts in the brain. Nicotine replacement is a drug that uses special products to give small, steady doses of nicotine to help stop cravings and relieve symptoms that occur when a person is trying to quit smoking. Receiving the video toolkit along with varenicline and/or nicotine replacement may improve smoking cessation for current smokers.