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KMID : 0858820210380030023
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2021 Volume.38 No. 3 p.23 ~ p.38
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The effects of smoking cessation program using breath-mindfulness meditation
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Cho Hyeon-Ah
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Abstract
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Objective: This study examines the efficacy of a breath-mindfulness meditation based smoking cessation program on the perception of stress, daily smoking amount, and levels of urine cotinine in adolescent smokers.
Methods: This study was conducted using a pre-post testing design of non-equivalent control groups. 40 individuals participated and 20 each were allocated to the 2 groups; experimental group and control group. This smoking cessation program was conducted as a group program and it was held once a week for eight weeks, with a total of eight sessions of 60 minutes each.
Results: The analysis of the two groups presented meaningful differences in perception of stress, daily smoking amount, and level of urine cotinine.
Conclusion: Our study indicates that the breath-mindfulness meditation based smoking cessation program has the potential to be used as an important and alternative approach for encouraging adolescents to quit smoking.
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KEYWORD
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smoking cessation, adolescents, beath-mindfulness meditation
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