Table 2.

QUIT Treatment Modules.

Session 2
• Treatment rationale • Monitor and reduce cigarette use prior to Quit Day • Relationship between smoking and emotions • Discuss pros and cons of smoking • Education about smoking and HIV
Session 3
• Introduction of the CBT model for smoking • Introduction to behavioral approach to quitting • Identifying high risk situations, smoking -related thoughts, and rate distress • Education about HIV and smoking
Session 4
• In-session behavioral experiment/craving exposure exercises • Apply behavioral experiment/exposure for negative emotions broadly • Education about HIV and smoking
Session 5
• Behavioral activation/pleasant event scheduling • Cognitive approach to quitting smoking, including identifying automatic thoughts • Cognitive restructuring/common smoking myths • Education about HIV and smoking
Session 6
• Continue cognitive restructuring • Preparation for Quit Day • Discuss the nicotine patch • Education about HIV and smoking
Session 7 (QUIT WEEK)
• Quit experience and withdrawal symptoms • Barriers for abstinence and motivation for quit • Create abstinence plans • Skills practice (behavioral experiments/exposures for craving and physical anxiety symptoms, pleasant event planning, and cognitive restructuring) • Education about HIV and smoking
Sessions 8
• Quit experience and withdrawal symptoms • Positive quit benefits • Barriers for abstinence and motivation for quit • Skills practice (behavioral experiments/exposures for craving and physical anxiety symptoms, pleasant event planning, and cognitive restructuring) • Relapse prevention • Education about HIV and smoking
Session 9
• Quit experience and withdrawal symptoms • Positive quit benefits • Barriers for abstinence and motivation for quit • Skills practice (behavioral experiments/exposures for craving and physical anxiety symptoms, pleasant event planning, and cognitive restructuring) • Relapse prevention • Education about HIV and smoking
Session 10
• Quit experience and withdrawal symptoms • Positive quit benefits • Barriers for abstinence • Review treatment program • Review relapse prevention • Lifestyle changes to maintain abstinence • Education about HIV and smoking • Support continued practice