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Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine 3/2016

01-06-2016 | Original Article

Exercise to Enhance Smoking Cessation: the Getting Physical on Cigarette Randomized Control Trial

Authors: Harry Prapavessis, Ph.D., Stefanie De Jesus, PhD, Lindsay Fitzgeorge, PhD, Guy Faulkner, PhD, Ralph Maddison, PhD, Sandra Batten, BSc

Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Issue 3/2016

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Abstract

Background

Exercise has been proposed as a useful smoking cessation aid.

Purpose

The purpose of the present study is to determine the effect of an exercise-aided smoking cessation intervention program, with built-in maintenance components, on post-intervention 14-, 26- and 56-week cessation rates.

Method

Female cigarette smokers (n = 413) participating in a supervised exercise and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) smoking cessation program were randomized to one of four conditions: exercise + smoking cessation maintenance, exercise maintenance + contact control, smoking cessation maintenance + contact control or contact control. The primary outcome was continuous smoking abstinence.

Results

Abstinence differences were found between the exercise and equal contact non-exercise maintenance groups at weeks 14 (57 vs 43 %), 26 (27 vs 21 %) and 56 (26 vs 23.5 %), respectively. Only the week 14 difference approached significance, p = 0.08.

Conclusions

An exercise-aided NRT smoking cessation program with built-in maintenance components enhances post-intervention cessation rates at week 14 but not at weeks 26 and 56.
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Metadata
Title
Exercise to Enhance Smoking Cessation: the Getting Physical on Cigarette Randomized Control Trial
Authors
Harry Prapavessis, Ph.D.
Stefanie De Jesus, PhD
Lindsay Fitzgeorge, PhD
Guy Faulkner, PhD
Ralph Maddison, PhD
Sandra Batten, BSc
Publication date
01-06-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Annals of Behavioral Medicine / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0883-6612
Electronic ISSN: 1532-4796
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-015-9761-9

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