Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants. Values are mean (SD) unless stated otherwise

Variables	Patch and nicotine spray (n=118)	Patch and placebo spray (n=119)
No of men	43	35
No of women	75	84
Mean age (years) (range)	41 (23-62)	43 (22-66)
Tobacco (g/day)	25.6 (15.7)	25.0 (10.9)
Mean Fagerstrom test of nicotine dependence (1-10)	5.7	5.7
Mean cotinine concentration (ng/ml) (range)	378 (107-1138)	341 (37-765)
Carbon monoxide (ppm)	24.6 (12.30)	24.7 (10.70)
Mean body weight (kg) (range)	72 (40-119)	71 (48-118)
No of participants with history of treatment for alcoholism (%)	19 (16.1)	22 (18.5)