Generalized and Domain-Specific Episodic Thinking for Smoking Cessation

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Conditions studied: Cigarette Smoking Behavior

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07158749

Run by

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

People needed

134

Starts

2026-09-01

Expected to finish

2027-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-07

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• smoked cigarettes daily for the last 30 days;
• salivary cotinine > 30 ng/mL, consistent with tobacco use;
• plan to quit smoking in the next 30 days

You may not qualify if…

• prior diagnosis with a smoking-related illness (e.g., respiratory disease);
• past 30-day use any smoking cessation treatment;
• anxiety or mood disorders; and
• medical contraindications for use of nicotine replacement therapy (e.g. pregnancy).

Where it is running

• Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC — Roanoke, Virginia, United States

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