 This study will enroll military healthcare beneficiaries who have smoked at least five cigarettes a day in the year before study entry. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a proactive group, in which study researchers will initiate contact with the participants, or a reactive group, in which participants will initiate contact with the researchers. In this six-session program, phone calls will occur at 1- to 2-week intervals over an 8-week period. The phone sessions will focus on cutting down on cigarette smoking, setting a quit date, and relapse prevention. All participants will receive nicotine replacement patches after the second session is completed. The reactive group will receive two weeks of nicotine replacement patches and the proactive group will receive 8 weeks of nicotine replacement patches. At the end of session four and 1 year later, study staff will call participants to collect information on tobacco abstinence, nicotine replacement patch use adherence, and other smoking cessation medication use. 