Looming Vulnerability and Smoking Cessation Attempts

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Conditions studied: Smoking Cessation

In brief

Almost one-fifth of US adults are current cigarette smokers. To make further progress in lowering prevalence, it would help to increase the proportion of smokers attempting to quit. This application tests a novel approach to motivating smokers to quit, based on an empirically supported theory of anxiety. The approach uses guided imagery to increase smokers' sense of urgency about preventing the negative health consequences of smoking.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02522156

Run by

American University

People needed

279

Starts

2016-02-01

Expected to finish

2019-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-01-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults (age 18 or older).
• Daily cigarette smokers (at least 10 cigarettes per day).
• Fluent in English. -

You may not qualify if…

• planning to leave the Washington, DC area in the next month.
• Total score > 5 on the Modified Mini Screen measure of risk for anxiety or mood disorders
• Score > 0 on the suicidality item (#4) of Modified Mini Screen -

Where it is running

• American University — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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