Generalized and Domain-Specific Episodic Thinking for Smoking Cessation

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.

NCT Number	NCT07158749
Lead Sponsor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI), Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Conditions	Cigarette Smoking Behavior
Enrollment	134 participants
Start Date	2026-09-01
Primary Completion	2027-05-01 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-05-01 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-08-07