Trial reportAmerican journal of public health2002
Auricular acupuncture, education, and smoking cessation: a randomized, sham-controlled trial.
Trial report in American journal of public health, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Acupuncture and related interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- How large are the nonspecific effects of acupuncture? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC medicine · 2010Pooled it
- The status and future of acupuncture clinical research.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2008Pooled it
- Acupuncture with different frequencies for tobacco dependence: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2025Trial
- Trial
- Effect of self-administered auricular acupressure on smoking cessation--a pilot study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2012Trial
- The effectiveness and safety of auricular acupoint-related therapy for nicotine dependence: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Review
- Acupuncture combined with auricular acupressure for smoking cessation and its effects on tobacco dependence and smoking behavior among Hong Kong smokers: a multicenter pilot clinical study.Chinese medicine · 2022Article
- Efficacy and safety of acupuncture combined with auricular acupressure for smoking cessation: A study protocol of a multicentre, randomized, controlled clinical trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- The Usability of an Online Tool to Promote the Use of Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation Interventions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A referral aid for smoking cessation interventions in primary care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Primary health care research & development · 2021Article
- Acupuncture for smoking cessation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 24 randomized controlled trials.Tobacco induced diseases · 2019Article
- Effectiveness of auricular acupuncture combined with nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
- The effects of residential dual diagnosis treatment on alcohol abuse.Journal of systems and integrative neuroscience · 2017Article
- Electroacupuncture Therapy in Nicotine Dependence: A Double Blind, Sham-Controlled Study.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2016Article
- The National Acupuncture Detoxification Association protocol, auricular acupuncture to support patients with substance abuse and behavioral health disorders: current perspectives.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Critical appraisal training increases understanding and confidence and enhances the use of evidence in diverse categories of learners.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2015Article
- Introduction of auricular acupuncture in elderly patients suffering from major depression: protocol of a mixed methods feasibility study.BioMed research international · 2015Article
- The History, Mechanism, and Clinical Application of Auricular Therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Review
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Abstract
objectivesThis study examined the effect of acupuncture alone and in combination with education on smoking cessation and cigarette consumption.
methodsWe prospectively studied 141 adults in a quasi-factorial design using acupuncture, sham acupuncture, and education.
resultsAll groups showed significant reductions in smoking and posttreatment cigarette consumption, with the combined acupuncture-education group showing the greatest effect from treatment. The trend continued in follow-up; however, significant differences were not maintained. Greater pack-year history (i.e. the number of years smoking multiplied by baseline number of cigarettes smoked per year, divided by 20 cigarettes per pack) negatively correlated with treatment effect. Trend analysis suggested 20 pack-years as the cutoff point for this correlation.
conclusionsAcupuncture and education, alone and in combination, significantly reduce smoking; however, combined they show a significantly greater effect, as seen in subjects with a greater pack-year history.
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