National Institutes
American Medical Association Research on TM technique reported in AMA journal 
American Psychological Association Conference presentations on the TM technique 
American College of Cardiology Symposium highlights TM research | Smoking | 15 Apr 2008 |
| The Transcendental Meditation Technique Helps People Quit Smoking by Dr. Schneider | |
Dr. Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.B.M.R., is an NIH-funded medical researcher and author of Total Heart Health: How to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease with the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health (Basic Health Publications, 2006). Here he answers questions on cardiovascular disease and its risk factors.
Q: One of the major risk factors for heart disease is smoking. What can the Transcendental Meditation technique do to help people stop smoking?
Dr. Schneider: Smoking is, indeed, a major risk factor for heart disease, for lung cancer and for many other conditions that produce