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To evaluate the efficacy of adding an 8-week moderate-intensity exercise program to cognitive-behavioral therapy for smoking cessation among female smokers.

November 17, 2005Journal of international women's studies

The efficacy of moderate‐intensity exercise as an aid for smoking cessation in women: A randomized controlled trial

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To evaluate the efficacy of adding an 8-week moderate-intensity exercise program to cognitive-behavioral therapy for smoking cessation among female smokers.
Healthy, sedentary female smokers (N = 217) were randomly assigned to an 8-week cognitive-behavioral smoking cessation program plus moderate-intensity exercise (CBT+EX) or CBT plus equal contact (CBT).
A subsample received nicotine replacement therapy, and smoking cessation was evaluated at end of treatment, 3 months, and 12 months using cotinine verification.
At end of treatment, cotinine-verified 7-day point-prevalence abstinence was 20.2% for CBT+EX versus 18.5% for CBT, but CBT+EX achieved significantly higher 7-day point prevalence at 3 months (11.9% vs. 4.6%, p < .05).
No significant group differences remained at 12 months for 7-day point prevalence (7.3% for CBT+EX vs. 8.3% for CBT) or continuous abstinence (0.9% for CBT+EX vs. 0.9% for CBT).
Within the CBT+EX group, participants with higher adherence to the exercise prescription achieved significantly higher cessation rates at end of treatment than those with lower adherence.

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Randomized trial finds moderate-intensity exercise transiently improves smoking cessation at three months in female smokers, indicating limited long-term adjunctive efficacy.

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Marcus et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1aa4fc49c6765e3885be07 https://doi.org/10.1080/14622200500266056

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Randomized trial finds moderate-intensity exercise transiently improves smoking cessation at three months in female smokers, indicating limited long-term adjunctive efficacy.

The efficacy of moderate‐intensity exercise as an aid for smoking cessation in women: A randomized controlled trial

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The efficacy of moderate‐intensity exercise as an aid for smoking cessation in women: A randomized controlled trial

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