Behavioral Interventions for Smoking Cessation

This study is testing different ways to help people quit smoking by focusing on how they think about the future. It's looking at two main approaches: "Episodic Future Thinking" (EFT) and "Episodic Recent Thinking" (ERT). Both involve imagining different situations, either positive life events or experiencing lung cancer symptoms during those events, to help you value future health benefits more. You could be eligible if you're 21 or older, smoke daily, have a certain level of nicotine in your saliva, and plan to quit within 30 days. The study will measure how many cigarettes you smoke per day over eight weeks to see if these interventions are successful. The current status of the study is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 134 participants. It is testing different behavioral interventions.
What's involved
Participants will engage in thinking exercises three times a day for eight weeks, guided by text messages and a web interface.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The primary endpoint measures cigarettes smoked per day from the start of the study until the end of treatment at 8 weeks.

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NCT07158749

Generalized and Domain-Specific Episodic Thinking for Smoking Cessation

Not Yet Recruiting
NAAges 21+InterventionalTreatment
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
~134 participants
Updated 2026-08-07 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Episodic Future Thinking (EFT)Episodic Recent Thinking (ERT)Domain-specific episodic thinkingGeneralized episodic thinking

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Cigarettes smoked per day
Measured over From Week 0 to the end of treatment at 8 weeks
Cigarette Smoking Behavior
1 sites across 1 states
Virginia1
  • Jeffrey Stein, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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

Exclusion

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).
  • Cigarettes smoked per dayFrom Week 0 to the end of treatment at 8 weeks

    A timeline followback questionnaire will be used to assess the number of cigarettes smoked per day. Lower values reflect better outcomes.