Trial reportBMC complementary and alternative medicine2013
Pilot randomized trial on mindfulness training for smokers in young adult binge drinkers.
Trial report in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Pilot Study on Mindfulness for Tobacco and Alcohol in University Students
Meriter Mindfulness Training for Smokers Program and Study
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Adolescent Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review.Pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Mindfulness for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based interventions for substance use disorders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Meditation and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2017Guideline
- Effect of a mindfulness training app on a cigarette quit attempt: an investigator-blinded, 58-county randomized controlled trial.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2023Trial
- Pilot randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based relapse prevention vs cognitive behavioral therapy for smoking and alcohol use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Trial
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- Mechanisms underlying mindfulness-based addiction treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy and usual care for smoking cessation.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Trial
- Efficacy of mindfulness-based addiction treatment (MBAT) for smoking cessation and lapse recovery: A randomized clinical trial.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2016Trial
- Dispositional Mindfulness Predicts Enhanced Smoking Cessation and Smoking Lapse Recovery.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2016Trial
- Mental and Physical Health Impacts of Mindfulness Training for College Undergraduates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Mindfulness · 2023Article
- Development of a mindfulness-based treatment for smoking cessation and the modification of alcohol use: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial and pilot study findings.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
- The Effect of Brief Mindfulness Training on Brain Reactivity to Food Cues During Nicotine Withdrawal: A Pilot Functional Imaging Study.Mindfulness · 2019Article
- Mechanisms linking mindfulness and early smoking abstinence: An ecological momentary assessment study.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019Article
- Text Messaging to Enhance Mindfulness-Based Smoking Cessation Treatment: Program Development Through Qualitative Research.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- Mind-Body Approaches to Prevention and Intervention for Alcohol and Other Drug Use/Abuse in Young Adults.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- Mindfulness meditation in the treatment of substance use disorders and preventing future relapse: neurocognitive mechanisms and clinical implications.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2018Review
- Effects of a brief mindfulness-meditation intervention on neural measures of response inhibition in cigarette smokers.PloS one · 2018Article
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions for the Treatment of Substance and Behavioral Addictions: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
- Tobacco Cessation in Oncology Care.Oncology · 2018Review
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundWe report results of a pilot study designed to test a novel smoking cessation intervention, Mindfulness Training for Smokers (MTS), in smokers age 18-29 years with regular episodes of binge drinking. Mindfulness is a cognitive skill of applying close moment-to-moment attention to experience with a mental posture of acceptance and non-reactivity. The MTS intervention consisted of six weekly classes that provided instruction on how to use mindfulness to manage known precursors of smoking relapse including smoking triggers, strong emotions, stressful situations, addictive thoughts, urges, and withdrawal symptoms.
methodsThe MTS intervention was compared to Interactive Learning for Smokers (ILS), a time/intensity matched control group using daily non-directed walking instead of mindfulness meditation. Recruitment was conducted primarily at local technical colleges. Primary outcome measures included biochemically-confirmed smoking abstinence and reduction in alcohol use at the end of treatment (2-weeks post-quit attempt).
resultsThe sample (N = 55) was 70.9% male, with a mean age of 21.9 years, and a mean of 11.76 alcoholic drinks consumed per week. Intent-to-treat analysis showed biochemically-confirmed 7-day point prevalence abstinence rates at 2-weeks post-quit for MTS = 20.0% and ILS = 4.0%, p = .08. Secondary analysis showed number of drinks per week in the first 2-weeks post-quit correlated with smoking relapse at 2-weeks post-quit (p < .01).
conclusionsThis pilot study demonstrated that Mindfulness Training for Smokers shows promise for smoking cessation and alcohol use reduction in treating young adult smokers with alcohol abuse. Results suggest the need for a study with larger sample size and methods that reduce attrition.
trial registrationClnicalTrial.gov, NCT01679236.
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