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Evidence suggests Yoga mayincreaseSmoking cessation.
4 studies (4 claims)
Emerging evidence
Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| practicing yoga | Increases - can also facilitate | smoking cessation | Human | — | — | Effects of Yoga on Pulmonary Parameters, Posture, Body Awareness, and Quality of Life Among Smokers. |
| Iyengar yoga | No effect - examining the efficacy of | smoking cessation | Human | participants | Twice-weekly yoga sessions. | Testing the efficacy of yoga as a complementary therapy for smoking cessation: design and methods of the BreathEasy trial.cited 11× |
| Yoga | Decreases - offer an alternative to traditional exercise for reducing | negative symptoms that often accompany smoking cessation and predict relapse to smoking | Human | recent quitters | Not specified | Yoga as a complementary treatment for smoking cessation: rationale, study design and participant characteristics of the Quitting-in-Balance study.cited 25× |
| yoga and meditation-based therapies | Increases - are candidates to assist | smoking cessation | Human | — | Not specified | Mind-body practices: an alternative, drug-free treatment for smoking cessation? A systematic review of the literature.cited 48× |
| yoga and meditation-based therapies | Increases - reported promising effects supporting further investigation | smoking cessation | Human | — | Not specified | Mind-body practices: an alternative, drug-free treatment for smoking cessation? A systematic review of the literature.cited 48× |