Practicing Self-Control Lowers the Risk of Smoking Lapse

The proposed study will investigate the role of self-control in smoking cessation and whether interventions that improve self-control can help reduce the risk of lapsing among smokers who wish to quit. Our model predicts that the regular practice of self-control should lead to a building of strength and a general improvement in self-control performance. Hence, smokers who practice self-control prior to quitting should be more likely to succeed in their cessation attempt than smokers who do not practice self-control

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Key information

Conditions

Behavior, Addictive Behavior Cigarette Smoking Compulsive Behavior Impulsive Behavior Smoking Tobacco Smoking Tobacco Use

Age range

18 year–45 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University at Albany

Albany, New York, 12222, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

smoked at least 10 cigarettes per day for at least two years
currently smoking

Exclusion criteria

have at least an 8th grade education level
have a working touch-tone phone
report low motivation and efficacy to quit

Treatment and study plan

self-control practice

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

smoking cesssation

Time frame: 1 month

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University at Albany

Other

Collaborators

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2004
Primary completion: 2009
Study completion: 2009
First posted: Jul 10, 2006
Registry last updated: May 10, 2023

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