Early Withdrawal Exposure and Negative Affect Withdrawal (NAW) Regulation Training for Smoking Cessation

Description

Smoking remains the single most preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, accounting for approximately half a million deaths every year. The current study will investigate the efficacy and mechanisms of change of a novel smoking cessation intervention. The current study will thus provide essential information regarding a treatment that has the potential to enhance the efficacy of existing smoking cessation interventions, thereby having a beneficial impact on the public health of the United States.

Conditions

Tobacco Dependence

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Smoking remains the single most preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, accounting for approximately half a million deaths every year. The current study will investigate the efficacy and mechanisms of change of a novel smoking cessation intervention. The current study will thus provide essential information regarding a treatment that has the potential to enhance the efficacy of existing smoking cessation interventions, thereby having a beneficial impact on the public health of the United States.

Early Withdrawal Exposure and Negative Affect Withdrawal (NAW) Regulation Training for Smoking Cessation

Early Withdrawal Exposure and Negative Affect Withdrawal (NAW) Regulation Training for Smoking Cessation

Condition
Tobacco Dependence
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Birmingham

Ryals Public Health Building, Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * at least 18 years of age
  • * smoke at least 5 cigarettes per day
  • * Expired breath carbon monoxide (CO) reading of at least five parts per million
  • * report the intention to quit
  • * reside in the Birmingham area with no plan to relocate outside of the area in the next 6 months
  • * access to a telephone
  • * inability to speak English
  • * presence of a condition that contraindicates use of the nicotine patch
  • * presence of conditions that might interfere with compliance with the protocol or greatly complicate treatment
  • * any acutely life-threatening disease
  • * concurrent participation in a formal treatment program for smoking cessation
  • * current use of any pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Alabama at Birmingham,

Study Record Dates

2026-06-24