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Table 2 Eligibility criteria for participants

From: Integrating smoking cessation and alcohol use treatment in homeless populations: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Currently homelessa

• Participation in previous PTQ study

• Smoke ≥1 cigarette/day in previous 7 days

• Use of smoking cessation medications or interventions in previous 30 days

• Smoked ≥100 cigarettes in lifetime

• Unstable medical illness that requires immediate medical care

• AUDIT score ≥7

• AUDIT score <7

• Aged 18 years or older

• Pregnancy or other NRT contraindications

• Willing to attend study sessions and follow other study protocols

• Current history, or in past 6 months, of psychotic disorder or major depressive disorders and not stable on treatment for past 3 monthsb

• Cognitive impairmentc

  1. AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, NRT nicotine replacement therapy, PTQ Power to Quit
  2. aWe will use the definition in the Stewart B. McKinney Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1987
  3. bThis determination will be made by the study psychiatrist
  4. cWe will use the Mini Mental State Examination to make this determination