Penn State TXT2Quit Study

Inclusion Criteria:

• Smoke >4 cigarettes/day for at least 6 months
• Age 21+
• Want to quit and ready to try in next 30 days
• Willing to quit all forms of tobacco (including e-cigs)
• Willing to use Chantix to try to quit
• Have a cell phone able to receive text messages
• Willing to attend 3 visits and use varenicline for smoking cessation
• Plan to live in local area for next 6 months
• Read and write in English
• Women not pregnant and taking steps to avoid
• Able to understand and willing to sign consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of allergic reaction or other adverse event while using varenicline
• Used a smoking cessation aid/medicine in past 1 month (including e-cigs)
• Currently pregnant or nursing
• Does not have a mobile phone that can send and receive text messages or unwilling to receive study texts
• Uncontrolled serious mental illness or substance abuse or inpatient treatment for these in the past 6 months
• Uses non-cigarette tobacco products and does not plan to quit all tobacco.
• Has a history of kidney problems or receives dialysis
• Had any thoughts that they would be better off dead or of deliberate self-harm in the prior 4 weeks
• Had a heart attack in the past 4 weeks
• Mental conditions that would prohibit the participant from completing the protocol