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Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2/2014

01-10-2014 | Original Article

Exercise Counseling to Enhance Smoking Cessation Outcomes: The Fit2Quit Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors: Ralph Maddison, PhD, Vaughan Roberts, PhD, Hayden McRobbie, PhD, Christopher Bullen, PhD, Harry Prapavessis, PhD, Marewa Glover, PhD, Yannan Jiang, PhD, Paul Brown, PhD, William Leung, MSc, Sue Taylor, Midi Tsai, MSc

Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Issue 2/2014

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Abstract

Background

Regular exercise has been proposed as a potential smoking cessation aid.

Purpose

This study aimed to determine the effects of an exercise counseling program on cigarette smoking abstinence at 24 weeks.

Methods

A parallel, two-arm, randomized controlled trial was conducted. Adult cigarette smokers (n = 906) who were insufficiently active and interested in quitting were randomized to receive the Fit2Quit intervention (10 exercise telephone counseling sessions over 6 months) plus usual care (behavioral counseling and nicotine replacement therapy) or usual care alone.

Results

There were no significant group differences in 7-day point-prevalence and continuous abstinence at 6 months. The more intervention calls successfully delivered, the lower the probability of smoking (OR, 0.88; 95 % CI 0.81–0.97, p = 0.01) in the intervention group. A significant difference was observed for leisure time physical activity (difference = 219.11 MET-minutes/week; 95 % CI 52.65–385.58; p = 0.01).

Conclusions

Telephone-delivered exercise counseling may not be sufficient to improve smoking abstinence rates over and above existing smoking cessation services. (Australasian Clinical Trials Registry Number: ACTRN12609000637246.)
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Metadata
Title
Exercise Counseling to Enhance Smoking Cessation Outcomes: The Fit2Quit Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors
Ralph Maddison, PhD
Vaughan Roberts, PhD
Hayden McRobbie, PhD
Christopher Bullen, PhD
Harry Prapavessis, PhD
Marewa Glover, PhD
Yannan Jiang, PhD
Paul Brown, PhD
William Leung, MSc
Sue Taylor
Midi Tsai, MSc
Publication date
01-10-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Annals of Behavioral Medicine / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 0883-6612
Electronic ISSN: 1532-4796
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9588-9

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