Trial on the Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training for Smokers

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Nicotine Dependence

In brief

The Mindfulness Training for Smokers study follows a randomized controlled design with 240 total participants. Both the study group and the control group will be enrolled in the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line and will receive four weeks of nicotine patches. The control group will receive the Quit Line intervention alone where as the study group will receive the Quit Line intervention plus the Mindfulness for Smokers Intervention. The Mindfulness for Smokers Intervention provides four weeks of instruction in mindfulness meditation followed by four weeks of participation in a weekly meditation group. The principal hypothesis for the study is that Mindfulness for Smokers plus the Quit Line will lead to significantly higher rates of smoking cessation at 6 months than the Quit Line alone.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01093599

Run by

University of Wisconsin, Madison

People needed

196

Starts

2010-03-01

Expected to finish

2013-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-10-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age: 18 years or over;
• Participants must express "high" motivation to quit smoking
• Participants must express willingness to attend "all" meetings for 2 months.
• Smoke 5 or more cigarettes per day

You may not qualify if…

• Self report of alcohol use of 4 drinks or more a night on 4 or more nights per week.
• Self report of using chewing tobacco, snuff or cigars in the last week.

Where it is running

• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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