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Generalized and Domain-Specific Episodic Thinking for Smoking Cessation

Generalized and Domain-Specific Episodic Thinking for Smoking Cessation: An 8-Week Pilot and Feasibility Trial

Sponsor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Academic or other)
Enrolment
134 planned
Conditions
Cigarette Smoking Behavior
Interventions
Episodic Future Thinking (EFT); Episodic Recent Thinking (ERT); Domain-specific episodic thinking; Generalized episodic thinking
Ages
adults, older adults
Registry
NCT07158749

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

From the registry

Cigarette smoking remains common, particularly in rural areas, despite ample evidence that smoking causes cancer and respiratory disease. Successful smoking cessation yields the majority of its health benefits (e.g., avoidance of lung cancer) after years of sustained behavioral change; however, people who smoke cigarettes tend to show elevated rates of delay discounting (i.e., devaluation of delayed outcomes) and a bias for immediate gratification. The overall goal of this project is to develop different versions of an episodic future thinking intervention (i.e., visualization of the future) and test their feasibility and efficacy for smoking cessation in rural and urban populations.

Primary outcomes

  • Cigarettes smoked per day

History

  1. Primary completion expected

  2. Last registry update

  3. Started

  4. Registered