Trial reportProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2013
Brief meditation training induces smoking reduction.
Trial report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02153749 (Regulation of Craving), which is not on this map. Cited by 71 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Regulation of Craving: Brief Neurocognitive Training and Neural Mechanisms
Who cites it
71 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The resting-state brain activity signatures for addictive disorders.Med (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Pooled it
- Do mindfulness-based interventions change brain function in people with substance dependence? A systematic review of the fMRI evidence.BMC psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Mindfulness for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Meditation and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2017Guideline
- Interventions to reduce harm from continued tobacco use.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- The Meditative Mind: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of MRI Studies.BioMed research international · 2015Pooled it
- Virtual reality cue exposure as an add-on to smoking cessation group therapy: a randomized controlled trial.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Trial
- Efficacy and Neural Mechanisms of Mindfulness Meditation Among Adults With Internet Gaming Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Yoga as a Preventive Intervention for Cardiovascular Diseases and Associated Comorbidities: Open-Label Single Arm Study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
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- Ultra-brief breath counting (mindfulness) training promotes recovery from stress-induced alcohol-seeking in student drinkers.Addictive behaviors · 2020Trial
- Rescuing cognitive and emotional regulatory skills to aid smoking prevention in at-risk youth: A randomized trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2018Trial
- Evaluation of the cognitive behavioral smoking reduction program "Smoke_less": a randomized controlled trial.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2018Trial
- Brain resting state functional connectivity changes with aerobic exercise, and mindfulness: A narrative review.Sports medicine and health science · 2026Review
- The Effect of Meditation on Depression and Psychological Well-being Among Active Smokers.Annals of neurosciences · 2026Article
- Network localization of gray matter alterations in chronic smokers using the normative functional connectome.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Magnitude of Additional Meal Consumption and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Aleta Wondo Primary Hospital, Sidama Region, Ethiopia.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2026Article
- Neural correlates of interoception and mindful attention on stressful events.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- Glutamate concentration of medial prefrontal cortex is inversely associated with addictive behaviors: a translational study.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
- The Effectiveness of Mindfulness in the Treatment of Methamphetamine Addiction Symptoms: Does Neuroplasticity Play a Role?Brain sciences · 2024Review
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Abstract
More than 5 million deaths a year are attributable to tobacco smoking, but attempts to help people either quit or reduce their smoking often fail, perhaps in part because the intention to quit activates brain networks related to craving. We recruited participants interested in general stress reduction and randomly assigned them to meditation training or a relaxation training control. Among smokers, 2 wk of meditation training (5 h in total) produced a significant reduction in smoking of 60%; no reduction was found in the relaxation control. Resting-state brain scans showed increased activity for the meditation group in the anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex, brain areas related to self-control. These results suggest that brief meditation training improves self-control capacity and reduces smoking.
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