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This is a study to determine the safety and effectiveness of silver salt in Ariva® Silver Wintergreen Lozenge on discouraging smoking, by its imparting an unfavorable taste to the smoker when tobacco is smoked.
Each subject will be given an Ariva® Silver Wintergreen lozenge or a Placebo Wintergreen lozenge on a random basis.
Once the lozenge has dissolved in the mouth, subjects will smoke one of their own cigarettes, and will answer questions about the experience and their craving for a cigarette.
After a washout period, each subject will repeat the steps with the second type of lozenge.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Ariva Silver Wintergreen | Experimental | Subjects allow study product lozenge to dissolve in mouth, smoke a cigarette, then answer questionnaires about product taste and effect on desire to smoke. |
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| Placebo Wintergreen | Placebo Comparator | Subjects allow study placebo lozenge to dissolve in mouth, smoke a cigarette, then answer questionnaires about product taste and effect on desire to smoke. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Ariva Silver Wintergreen | Other | Study product containing 6 mg silver salt and 2 mg nicotine per dissolvable lozenge, administered orally as a single dose. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Effectiveness of Ariva® Silver Wintergreen lozenge on discouraging smoking in smokers | Effectiveness measured by change in scores over time across several questionnaires. | 90 minutes |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Maria Varga, MD | Star Scientific, Inc | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Comfort Inn | Martinsburg | West Virginia | 25401 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D014029 | Tobacco Use Disorder |
| D012907 | Smoking |
| ID | Term |
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| D019966 | Substance-Related Disorders |
| D064419 | Chemically-Induced Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Placebo Wintergreen | Other | Placebo Wintergreen lozenge containing no tobacco, nicotine, or silver salt, administered orally as a single dose. |
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