Comparisons of usual-brand cigarettes, very low nicotine content cigarettes plus 42 mg transdermal nicotine (VLNC + NIC) and very low nicotine content cigarettes plus placebo patches (VLNC + PLA) on subscales of the Cigarette Effects Scale in smokers with schizophrenia (SS, solid bars) and control smokers (CS, open bars). Bars represent M ± SEM. Significant main effects of cigarette type are indicated with asterisks (**p < .01; *** p < .001), significant main effects of group are indicated with carets (^
p < .05; ^^ p < .01; ^^^
p < .001), and different letters (a, b) represent a significant difference within the CS group only.