Trial reportDrug and alcohol dependence2011
Mindfulness training for smoking cessation: results from a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 174 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Assessing Mindfulness Training as a Mechanistic Probe for Stress-Induced Brain Activation and Relapse Prevention for Tobacco Addiction
Regulation of Craving: Brief Neurocognitive Training and Neural Mechanisms
Feasibility and Efficacy of a Brief Mindfulness-Based Smoking Intervention Via the Internet
Who cites it
174 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 386 citations in OpenAlex.
- Investigator Meditation Practice Predicts Efficacy of Child/Adolescent Mindfulness-Based Interventions: A Meta-Analysis.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2026Pooled it
- Meditation for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Mindfulness for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based programs for substance use disorders: a systematic review of manualized treatments.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2020Pooled it
- Meditation and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2017Guideline
- Group behaviour therapy programmes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Food cue reactivity and craving predict eating and weight gain: a meta-analytic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2016Pooled it
- Meditation programs for psychological stress and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis.JAMA internal medicine · 2014Pooled it
- Mind-body practices: an alternative, drug-free treatment for smoking cessation? A systematic review of the literature.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2013Pooled it
- Smoking cessation interventions for smokers with current or past depression.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Characteristics of Black Adults Who Never Achieved 24-Hours of Abstinence in a Smoking Cessation Trial: Implications for Improving Treatment Response.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Trial
- Mindful moms: acceptability and impact of co-designed and digitally delivered video meditations for pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder.Annals of medicine · 2025Trial
- Digital Mindfulness Training for Burnout Reduction in Physicians: Clinician-Driven Approach.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- Change starts with the body: Interoceptive appreciation mediates the effect of mindfulness training on behavior change - an effect moderated by depression severity.Psychiatry research · 2024Trial
- Randomized trial of mindfulness- and reappraisal-based regulation of craving training among daily cigarette smokers.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Trial
- Effect of a mindfulness training app on a cigarette quit attempt: an investigator-blinded, 58-county randomized controlled trial.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2023Trial
- Psychological distance intervention reminders reduce alcohol consumption frequency in daily life.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Pilot randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based relapse prevention vs cognitive behavioral therapy for smoking and alcohol use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Trial
- Mindfulness-based treatment for smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2022Trial
- Clinical Efficacy and Psychological Mechanisms of an App-Based Digital Therapeutic for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
114 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundCigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the world, and long-term abstinence rates remain modest. Mindfulness training (MT) has begun to show benefits in a number of psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety and more recently, in addictions. However, MT has not been evaluated for smoking cessation through randomized clinical trials.
methods88 treatment-seeking, nicotine-dependent adults who were smoking an average of 20cigarettes/day were randomly assigned to receive MT or the American Lung Association's freedom from smoking (FFS) treatment. Both treatments were delivered twice weekly over 4 weeks (eight sessions total) in a group format. The primary outcomes were expired-air carbon monoxide-confirmed 7-day point prevalence abstinence and number of cigarettes/day at the end of the 4-week treatment and at a follow-up interview at week 17.
results88% of individuals received MT and 84% of individuals received FFS completed treatment. Compared to those randomized to the FFS intervention, individuals who received MT showed a greater rate of reduction in cigarette use during treatment and maintained these gains during follow-up (F=11.11, p=.001). They also exhibited a trend toward greater point prevalence abstinence rate at the end of treatment (36% vs. 15%, p=.063), which was significant at the 17-week follow-up (31% vs. 6%, p=.012).
conclusionsThis initial trial of mindfulness training may confer benefits greater than those associated with current standard treatments for smoking cessation.
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