Mindfulness and smoking frequency: An investigation with Australian students
Mindfulness training has been shown to be effective in reducing smoking frequency. However, mindfulness training instructions that are free of mentions about smoking are rare, which makes it difficult to ascertain if it is the temporary state of being mindful or demand effects that reduce smoking fr...
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| description | Mindfulness training has been shown to be effective in reducing smoking frequency. However, mindfulness training instructions that are free of mentions about smoking are rare, which makes it difficult to ascertain if it is the temporary state of being mindful or demand effects that reduce smoking frequency. It has also been posited that mindfulness training lowers smoking frequency by helping smokers surf the urge, but this remains untested. Thus, we conducted an experiment to test the likely process. We used a 6-minute audio clip to induce a brief mindfulness state or a mind-wandering state in 91 Australian students; the brief mindfulness exercise was free of any mentions about smoking. We found that exposure to the mindfulness-inducing audio clip helped smokers surf their urge when they were later exposed to cigarette cues and they smoked less over the subsequent 7 days. The current work offers empirical evidence for why mindfulness training can be effective in smoking cessation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a90e2988840249498254fa12416e41362022-12-21T18:28:45ZengElsevierAddictive Behaviors Reports2352-85322021-06-0113100342Mindfulness and smoking frequency: An investigation with Australian studentsEugene Y. Chan0Address: Eugene Y. Chan is Associate Professor in the College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, Matthews Hall 312A, 812 W. State St., West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States.; College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, United StatesMindfulness training has been shown to be effective in reducing smoking frequency. However, mindfulness training instructions that are free of mentions about smoking are rare, which makes it difficult to ascertain if it is the temporary state of being mindful or demand effects that reduce smoking frequency. It has also been posited that mindfulness training lowers smoking frequency by helping smokers surf the urge, but this remains untested. Thus, we conducted an experiment to test the likely process. We used a 6-minute audio clip to induce a brief mindfulness state or a mind-wandering state in 91 Australian students; the brief mindfulness exercise was free of any mentions about smoking. We found that exposure to the mindfulness-inducing audio clip helped smokers surf their urge when they were later exposed to cigarette cues and they smoked less over the subsequent 7 days. The current work offers empirical evidence for why mindfulness training can be effective in smoking cessation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853221000055Mindfulness trainingSurf the urgeSmoking cessationCravings |
| spellingShingle | Eugene Y. Chan Mindfulness and smoking frequency: An investigation with Australian students Addictive Behaviors Reports Mindfulness training Surf the urge Smoking cessation Cravings |
| title | Mindfulness and smoking frequency: An investigation with Australian students |
| title_full | Mindfulness and smoking frequency: An investigation with Australian students |
| title_fullStr | Mindfulness and smoking frequency: An investigation with Australian students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mindfulness and smoking frequency: An investigation with Australian students |
| title_short | Mindfulness and smoking frequency: An investigation with Australian students |
| title_sort | mindfulness and smoking frequency an investigation with australian students |
| topic | Mindfulness training Surf the urge Smoking cessation Cravings |
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