Practicing Self-Control Lowers the Risk of Smoking Lapse

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

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