title: Effects of a mindfulness-based smoking cessation program for an adult with mild intellectual disability.
abstract: Smoking is a major risk factor for a number of health conditions and many smokers find it difficult to quit smoking without specific interventions. We developed and used a mindfulness-based smoking cessation program with a 31-year-old man with mild intellectual disabilities who had been a smoker for 17 years. The mindfulness-based smoking cessation program consisted of three components: intention, mindful observation of thoughts, and Meditation on the Soles of the Feet. A changing-criterion analysis showed that this man was able to fade his cigarette smoking from 12 at baseline to 0 within 3 months, and maintain this for a year. Follow-up data, collected every 3 months following the maintenance period, showed he was able to abstain from smoking for 3 years. Our study suggests that this mindfulness-based smoking cessation program merits further investigation.
authors.affiliation: American Health and Wellness Institute, Verona, VA, USA. nnsingh@ahwinstitute.com
authors.forename: Nirbhay N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Giulio E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Lancioni
authors.forename: Alan S W
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Winton
authors.forename: Ashvind N A
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Angela D A
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005528:Foot; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D019122:Meditation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D010358:Patient Participation; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*