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Exercise as a smoking cessation treatment for women: a randomized controlled trial

Dunsiger, S; Emerson, JA; Ussher, MH; Marcus, BH; Miranda Jr, R; Monti, PM; Williams, DM (2021) Exercise as a smoking cessation treatment for women: a randomized controlled trial. JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE, 44 (6). pp. 794-802. ISSN 0160-7715 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-021-00236-8
SGUL Authors: Ussher, Michael Henry

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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.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Behavioural Medicine. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-021-00236-8
Keywords: Clinical Psychology, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH)
Journal or Publication Title: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
ISSN: 0160-7715
Dates:
DateEvent
December 2021Published
7 July 2021Published Online
7 June 2021Accepted
Publisher License: Publisher's own licence
Projects:
Project IDFunderFunder ID
R01 CA155381National Cancer Institutehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000054
P20 GM130414National Institutes of Healthhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000002
K24 AA026326National Institutes of Healthhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000002
URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/113316
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-021-00236-8

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