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Looming Vulnerability and Smoking Cessation Attempts

NCT02522156 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 279

Last updated 2020-01-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Smoking Cessation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Looming Vulnerability Induction

guided imagery aimed at inducing smoking cessation attempts. See description of the looming vulnerability arm.

BEHAVIORAL

Control

Neutral guided imagery scenarios making no reference to smoking.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2019-07-31
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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