U.S., Sept. 9 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07158749) titled 'Generalized and Domain-Specific Episodic Thinking for Smoking Cessation' on Aug. 20.
Brief Summary: 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...