Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Substance Use among University Students

Table 2

Smoking and illicit drug use at pretest and posttest among baseline users who completed both assessments.

		pre-TM	post-TM	pre-WL	post-WL
Cigarettes/day	Mean (95% CI)	8.64 (4.26, 13.02)	8.64 (0, 20.38)	10.79 (1.98, 19.60)	9.64 (0, 19.36)
	SD	6.52	17.47	15.25	16.83
	N	11	11	14	14
Illicit drug use
Occasions/month	Mean (95% CI)	5.14 (3.27, 7.00)	2.43 (0.39, 4.47)	9.82 (3.25, 16.39)	7.95 (2.89, 13.01)
	SD	3.37	3.69	14.82	11.42
	N	15	15	22	22

Note. TM: Transcendental Meditation condition; WL: wait-list condition.