SynthesisDrug and alcohol dependence2013
Mind-body practices: an alternative, drug-free treatment for smoking cessation? A systematic review of the literature.
Synthesis in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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Who cites it
38 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Psychological Therapies Used for the Reduction of Habitual Cigarette Smoking Cigarette Consumption: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Mindfulness for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Mindfulness meditation for workplace wellness: An evidence map.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2019Pooled it
- Hypnosis Intervention Effects on Sleep Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2018Pooled it
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- Quitline usage does not improve rates of smoking cessation in orthopaedic trauma patients unless combined with nicotine replacement therapy.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024Trial
- A telephone-based guided imagery tobacco cessation intervention: results of a randomized feasibility trial.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Trial
- Evaluation of Yoga for Preventing Adolescent Substance Use Risk Factors in a Middle School Setting: A Preliminary Group-Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2017Trial
- Simultaneous versus Sequential Cessation of Tobacco and Cannabis: Preferences of Young Adults Who Co-Use in France.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- Multitarget mechanisms and clinical integration of traditional Chinese medicine in cardiac rehabilitation: a narrative review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- App-Delivered Mindfulness Training to Reduce Anxiety in People with HIV Who Smoke: A One-Armed Feasibility Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Tobacco Smoking and LiverJournal of oncology · 2021Review
- Multifactorial Etiology of Adolescent Nicotine Addiction: A Review of the Neurobiology of Nicotine Addiction and Its Implications for Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy.Frontiers in public health · 2021Review
- Gray Matter Changes in Adolescents Participating in a Meditation Training.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Article
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- Current Evidence on Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback as a Complementary Anticraving Intervention.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2018Review
- A Personal Decision Support System for Heart Failure Management (HeartMan): study protocol of the HeartMan randomized controlled trial.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2018Article
- Characteristics of adult smokers presenting to a mind-body medicine clinic.Journal of health psychology · 2018Article
- Mindfulness, Acceptance and Defusion Strategies in Smokers: a Systematic Review of Laboratory Studies.Mindfulness · 2018Review
- Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Older Adults: Differences between Baby Boomers and Pre-Boomers.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe limited success of current smoking cessation therapies encourages research into new treatment strategies. Mind-body practices such as yoga and meditation have the potential to aid smoking cessation and become an alternative drug-free treatment option. The aim of this article is to assess the efficacy of yoga and other meditation-based interventions for smoking cessation, to identify the challenges of clinical trials applying mind-body treatments, and to outline directions for future research on these types of therapies to assist in smoking cessation.
methodsA systematic review of the scientific literature.
resultsFourteen clinical trials met the inclusion criteria defined for this review. Each article was reviewed thoroughly, and evaluated for quality, design, and methodology. Although primary outcomes differed between studies, the fourteen articles, most with limitations, reported promising effects supporting further investigation of the use of these practices to improve smoking cessation.
conclusionsThe literature supports yoga and meditation-based therapies as candidates to assist smoking cessation. However, the small number of studies available and associated methodological problems require more clinical trials with larger sample sizes and carefully monitored interventions to determine rigorously if yoga and meditation are effective treatments.
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