Thinking about the future might help smokers kick the habit, but study never got off the ground

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult ≥ age 21 years. 2. Able to provide informed, written consent. 3. Smoke an average of at least five (5) cigarettes per day for at least one year. 4. Breath CO levels \> 8 ppm. If breath CO is less than 8 ppm, we will administer a urine test (NicAlert Strip) and include if result is greater than 2. 5. Desire to quit smoking, but not actively trying to quit or currently taking medications to aid smoking cessation (e.g, varenicline, bupropion). 6. US citizen or a permanent resident alien with a green card 7. Comfortable reading and writing in English Exclusion criteria: 1. Currently seeking treatment for smoking cessation. 2. Use of tobacco products other than traditional combusted cigarettes on more than 9 of the previous 30 days 3. Positive urine toxicological screen for illicit drug use (i.e., amphetamine, methamphetamine, cocaine, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, buprenorphine, opiates, methadone, oxycodone, phencyclidine). a. A positive test for marijuana (THC) will not result in exclusion from the study. d) Breath alcohol level (BAL) at \<.01 (Alco-Sensor IV, Intoximeter, Inc., St Louis, MO) at intake. a. Participants failing the toxicological screen will be allowed to re-screened for the study. These participants will complete the informed consent process an additional time before being re-screened. e) Recent or current psychiatric episode to be determined with DSM-V criteria. f) Non-correctable vision or hearing impairments. g) Inability to independently read and comprehend written materials (consent form, other study materials and measures). h) Currently pregnant (to be determined with a pregnancy test) or trying to become pregnant. i) Currently breastfeeding. j) Exclusive use of "roll your own" cigarettes.