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- Title
Exercise as a smoking cessation treatment for women: a randomized controlled trial.
- Authors
Dunsiger, Shira; Emerson, Jessica A.; Ussher, Michael; Marcus, Bess H.; Miranda Jr, Robert; Monti, Peter M.; Williams, David M.
- Abstract
Cigarette smoking remains the leading behavioral risk factor for chronic disease and premature mortality. This RCT tested the efficacy of moderate intensity aerobic exercise as an adjunctive smoking cessation treatment among women. Participants (N = 105; age = 42.5, SD = 11.2) received brief smoking cessation counseling and 10 weeks of nicotine replacement therapy and were randomized to 12 weeks of moderate intensity exercise (Exercise; n = 53) or 12 weeks of health education (Control; n = 52). Longitudinal models, with Generalized Estimating Equations, showed no differences between Exercise and Control in cotinine-verified 7-day point prevalence abstinence (Wald = 1.96, p = 0.10) or continuous abstinence (Wald = 1.45, p = 0.23) at 12-weeks (post-treatment) or 6-, 9-, or 12-month follow-up, controlling for differences in baseline nicotine dependence. There was no effect of exercise on smoking cessation. The present study adds to the literature suggesting null effects of exercise as a smoking cessation adjunctive treatment despite promising findings in short-term laboratory based studies.
- Subjects
HEALTH education; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; NONPARAMETRIC statistics; SMOKING cessation; HUMAN research subjects; ANALYSIS of variance; HEALTH outcome assessment; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; PHYSICAL activity; INFORMED consent (Medical law); NICOTINE replacement therapy; CHI-squared test; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SMOKING; STATISTICAL sampling; EXERCISE therapy; WOMEN'S health
- Publication
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2021, Vol 44, Issue 6, p794
- ISSN
0160-7715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10865-021-00236-8