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The objective of this study was to examine the efficacy of bupropion for smoking cessation in patients with schizophrenia. Adults with schizophrenia who smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day and wished to try to quit smoking were recruited from community mental health centers, enrolled in a 12-week group cognitive behavioral therapy intervention, and randomly assigned to receive either bupropion sustained-release 300 mg/d or identical placebo. Fifty-three adults, 25 on bupropion and 28 on placebo, were randomized, completed at least 1 postbaseline assessment and were included in the analysis. The primary outcome measures were 7-day point prevalence abstinence in the week after the quit date (week 4) and at the end of the intervention (week 12). Subjects in the bupropion group were significantly more likely to be abstinent for the week after the quit date (36%[9/25] vs. 7%[2/28], P= 0.016) and at end of …