One hundred and twenty eight smokers will provide complete data for this study. Smokers are randomly assigned at a screening session to complete the NPU stressor task pre-quit or post-quit (i.e., nicotine deprived or non-deprived). Participants are also randomized to receive either placebo or active combination nicotine replacement therapy (NRT; patches and lozenges) for a two week smoking cessation period. The NPU stressor task measures stressor reactivity to predictable and unpredictable stressors (i.e., electric shock). Startle potentiation during predictable and unpredictable stressors (relative to no-shock) provides the primary measures of stressor reactivity in this task. Predictable and unpredictable startle potentiation are used to calculate overall stressor reactivity and selective unpredictable stressor reactivity. Further detail on these reactivity measures is provided in the Independent Variables section. Detail on the quantification of startle potentiation is provided at the end of this registration.