Practicing Self-Control Lowers the Risk of Smoking Lapse

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Behavior, Addictive; Cigarette Smoking

• Registration Number: NCT00349687
• Lead Sponsor: University at Albany

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-05
• Study First Submitted: 2006-07-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-07-06
• Study First Posted: 2006-07-10
• Primary Completion: 2009-03
• Study Completion: 2009-03
• Status Verified: 2023-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-08
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
smoking cesssation	1 month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University at Albany; 🇺🇸 Albany, New York, United States