Mindfulness Training for Smoking Cessation

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cigarette Smoking, Tobacco Smoking, Nicotine Dependence, Smoking Cessation

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of mindfulness training (MT) compared to standard Smoking Cessation Therapy (SCT) on smoking cessation and stress provocation in individuals trying to quit smoking.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01144689

Run by

Yale University

People needed

42

Starts

2009-02-01

Expected to finish

2013-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-07-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Between the ages of 18 and 60
• Smoking 10 or more cigarettes per day
• Fewer than 3 months of smoking abstinence in the past year
• Motivated to stop smoking

You may not qualify if…

• Current use of psychoactive medications that have not been at a stable dose for the past six months, are used as mood stabilizers, or are used as smoking cessation treatments. Individuals who are on psychoactive medications that are stable, not mood stabilizers, and not used for smoking cessations are excluded from fMRI sessions but not smoking cessation treatment.
• Use of another investigational drug within 30 days
• Any serious or unstable disease within 6 months
• Meets criteria for substance dependence within the past year
• Left handed (will be excluded from fMRI only)

Where it is running

• VA Connecticut Healthcare System — West Haven, Connecticut, United States

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