title: Mindfulness training for smoking cessation: A meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials.
abstract: Recent studies have shown that mindfulness training has a promising potential for smoking treatment. In order to examine the efficacy of mindfulness training in smoking cessation, we performed a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Four randomized controlled trials with 474 patients were included in our analysis. The results showed that 25.2 percent of participants remained abstinent for more than 4 months in the mindfulness group compared to 13.6 percent of those who received usual care therapy (relative risk, 1.88; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.04-3.40). Our results suggest that mindfulness training may have an important role to play in efforts to lower cigarette smoking rates.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: Maria Theodora
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Oikonomou
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: Marios
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arvanitis
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, USA.|3 Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Sokolove
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D064866:Mindfulness / Q000193:education*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D000073869:Tobacco Smoking / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: addiction; meditation; mindfulness; smoking cessation; tobacco