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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

Who can join

Ages 21 and older · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

* 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 Criteria:

* 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).

About the study

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.

What is being tested

• Episodic Future Thinking (EFT) (behavioral)
• Episodic Recent Thinking (ERT) (behavioral)
• Domain-specific episodic thinking (behavioral)
• Generalized episodic thinking (behavioral)

Sponsor: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Participants: 134 · Started: Sep 25, 2026

Contact the study team

• Jeffrey Stein, PhD · Phone: 15405262124

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07158749

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Smoking

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Nov 15, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.