The Predictive Utility of Valuing the Future for Smoking Cessation: Findings from the ITC 4 Country Surveys

R Borland; ML Grande; BW Heckman; GT Fong; WK Bickel; JS Stein; KA East; PA Hall; KM Cummings

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The Predictive Utility of Valuing the Future for Smoking Cessation: Findings from the ITC 4 Country Surveys

R Borland, ML Grande, BW Heckman, GT Fong, WK Bickel, JS Stein, KA East, PA Hall, KM Cummings

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | MDPI | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19020631

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Abstract

Background: Delay discounting (DD) and time perspective (TP) are conceptually related constructs that are theorized as important determinants of the pursuit of future outcomes over present inclinations. This study explores their predictive relationships for smoking cessation. Methods: 5006 daily smokers at a baseline wave provided 6710 paired observations of quitting activity between two waves. Data are from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) smoking and vaping surveys with samples from the USA, Canada, England, and Australia, across three waves conducted in 2016, 2018 and 2020. Smokers were assessed for TP and DD, plus smoking-specific predictors at one wave of cessation outcomes defin..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This study was supported by grants from the US National Cancer Institute (P01 CA200512), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FDN-148477), and by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (APP 1106451). GTF was supported by a Senior Investigator Grant from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (IA-004). KE is the recipient of fellowship funding from the Society for the Study of Addiction.