Randomized Trial on Mindfulness Training for Smokers Targeted to a Disadvantaged Population
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Subst Use Misuse. 2014
Apr;49(5):571-85.
Randomized Trial on
Mindfulness Training for Smokers Targeted to a Disadvantaged Population
Davis JM, Goldberg SB, Anderson
MC, Manley AR, Smith SS, Baker TB.
This study reports the results of a randomized trial comparing a novel smoking
cessation treatment Mindfulness Training for Smokers (MTS) to a usual care
therapy (Controls), which included the availability of a tobacco quit line and
nicotine patches. Data were collected from 196 low socioeconomic status smokers
in 2010-2011 in Madison, Wisconsin. Participants were randomized to either MTS
or a telephonic quit line. The primary outcome was 6-month smoking abstinence
measured by carbon monoxide breath testing and Time-Line Follow-Back. Among
treatment initiators (randomized participants who participated in the
intervention), abstinence rates were significantly different between the MTS
(38.7%) and control (20.6%, p = .05) groups. Study limitations are also
discussed. Results suggest that further study is warranted.
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