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Inclusion Criteria: * smoking at least 10 cigarettes/day in the month prior to admission * patient has been diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome (includes patients admitted for unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction), elective percutaneous coronary intervention, or coronary artery bypass surgery at any point in time * motivated to stop smoking * geographically available for follow-up visits (i.e., live within 1 hour of the study centre) Exclusion Criteria: * have been using NRT, Zyban (or Wellbutrin), and/or Champix for more than 72 hours * have serious cardiac arrhythmias (e.g., tachycardia), vasospastic disease (e.g., Buerger's disease, Prinzmetal's variant angina) * have severe renal impairment or are on dialysis * unable to read and understand English * patient is pregnant or breastfeeding or planning on becoming pregnant during the study period