Table 1.

Representative Alcohol Tobacco Counseling Content and Tobacco-Only Counseling Content

Time point	Alcohol + Tobacco Counseling	Tobacco-Only Counseling
Intake	How do you see your drinking and smoking going together?	We suggest that you work on staying busy on your quit date and beyond by spending as much time as you can in nonsmoking places like…
	Describe your personal experiences with drinking during past smoking quit attempts.	We also suggest that you work on being active, doing things like…
	Tell me how you think drinking alcohol might affect your effort to quit smoking?	In the quitting process, you will experience urges. We suggest that you cope in specific ways like…
	Based on the research we just discussed, we recommend not drinking for the first month that you are quitting smoking, if that is possible for you. After that month, we recommend never drinking more than (3 for women/4 for men) drinks at a single sitting, both to maintain good health and to avoid having a slip and smoking when you are intoxicated. Of course, you have to choose the goal that will work best for you. What are your thoughts?	To make your quit attempt go as smoothly as possible, we suggest that you make some lifestyle changes that minimize your level of stress. What are some changes you can make to reduce stress in your life?
Follow-up	At our last call we talked about not drinking or drinking less. How has it gone?	At your last call, we discussed several coping skills to help with your quit attempt (for instance, going to nonsmoking places, staying busy, and coping with urges). Which of these were you able to do?
	What is your current goal regarding drinking over the next month?	What were the specific things you did to stay busy (e.g., going to nonsmoking places like gyms and being active like walking or biking)?