Trial reportDrug and alcohol dependence2013
Mindfulness training for smoking cessation: moderation of the relationship between craving and cigarette use.
Trial report in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2013. 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 79 papers, 2 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
Neurocognitive and Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Change Following Psychological
Who cites it
79 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Mindfulness for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled 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
- 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
- A Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Trial Testing a Multi-Component App-Based Intervention for Improving Smoking Cessation and Adherence to Treatment in Low-Income HIV Patients.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Trial
- Smartband-based smoking detection and real-time brief mindfulness intervention: findings from a feasibility clinical trial.Annals of medicine · 2024Trial
- Craving to Quit: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Smartphone App-Based Mindfulness Training for Smoking Cessation.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Trial
- Quitting starts in the brain: a randomized controlled trial of app-based mindfulness shows decreases in neural responses to smoking cues that predict reductions in smoking.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2019Trial
- Mindfulness-based resilience training to reduce health risk, stress reactivity, and aggression among law enforcement officers: A feasibility and preliminary efficacy trial.Psychiatry research · 2018Trial
- Ultra-Brief Mindfulness Training Reduces Alcohol Consumption in At-Risk Drinkers: A Randomized Double-Blind Active-Controlled Experiment.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2017Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of smartphone-based mindfulness training for smoking cessation: a study protocol.BMC psychiatry · 2015Trial
- Randomized trial comparing mindfulness training for smokers to a matched control.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2014Trial
- Integrated Behavioral Treatment for Veterans With Co-Morbid Chronic Pain and Hazardous Opioid Use: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.The journal of painTrial
- Antecedents and consequences of different indicators of engagement with a digital intervention for tobacco cessation.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Proximal Effects of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Smoking Cessation With Wearable Sensors: Microrandomized Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Combining app-based behavioral therapy with electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation: a study protocol for a single-arm mixed-methods pilot trial.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2024Article
- Messaging about very low nicotine cigarettes (VLNCs) to influence policy attitudes, harm perceptions and smoking motivations: a discrete choice experiment.Tobacco control · 2024Article
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- Mindfulness Through Storytelling for Mental Health of Primary School Children: Impact on Acceptability and Its Associations with Personality.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Momentary Craving, Craving Variability, and Cannabis Use: Associations With THC Concentrates and Sex.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Article
- Testing the Efficacy of a Scalable Telephone-Delivered Guided Imagery Tobacco Cessation Treatment: Protocol for a Randomized Clinical Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundSmoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the US, while abstinence rates remain modest. Smoking has been shown to be perpetuated by operant conditioning, notably negative reinforcement (e.g., smoking to relieve negative affective states). Mindfulness training (MT) shows promise for smoking cessation, by potentially altering an individual's tendency to smoke in response to craving. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of MT and mindfulness practice on the relationship between smoking and craving after receiving four weeks of MT.
methods33 adults received MT as part of a randomized trial for smoking cessation. Individuals in the MT condition recorded formal and informal mindfulness practice during treatment using daily diaries.
resultsAnalyses showed that strong correlations between craving and smoking at baseline (r=0.582) were attenuated at the end of treatment (r=0.126). Mindfulness home practice significantly predicted cigarette use (formal: B=-1.21, p=0.007; informal: B=-1.52, p<0.0001) and informal practice moderated the relationship between craving and smoking at the end of treatment (B=0.52, p=0.03).
conclusionsThese findings suggest that MT may be effective as a treatment for smoking cessation and that informal mindfulness practice predicts a decoupling of the association between craving and smoking.
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