Key result
An 8-week supervised moderate-intensity aerobic exercise program improved tobacco withdrawal symptoms, smoking urge, and mood among daily smokers during temporary abstinence.
Why the study?
The study evaluated the effectiveness of a supervised moderate-intensity aerobic exercise programme in regulating tobacco withdrawal symptoms during temporary abstinence.
Does an 8-week supervised moderate-intensity aerobic exercise programme improve Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms in daily smokers?
Does an 8-week supervised moderate-intensity aerobic exercise programme improve Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms in daily smokers?
An 8-week supervised moderate-intensity aerobic exercise program may effectively reduce tobacco withdrawal symptoms, smoking urge, and mood disturbances in daily smokers.
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May alleviate withdrawal symptoms during abstinence; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs before clinical adoption.
This study examined a supervised moderate-intensity aerobic exercise programme's effectiveness in regulating the Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms (TWS) during temporary abstinence. This was a single group, pre and post-quasi intervention study. Thirty daily smokers participated in an 8-week supervised moderate-intensity aerobic exercise programme. We assessed the TWS, smoking urge, mood and stress-pleasure related hormonal variables after the aerobic exercise intervention. The measurements were conducted after overnight abstinence at baseline, post-intervention (at week-8) and post-detraining (at week-10). TWS components, smoking urge and mood were found to improve. For hormonal variables, cortisol and beta-endorphin except adrenaline showed insignificant changes at post-intervention and de-training. The findings suggest moderate-intensity exercise might help in reducing withdrawal symptoms and its adverse effects. Thus, exercise is an effective adjunct treatment in a smoking cessation programme.
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Ruslan et al. (2023) studied Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms (n=30). Supervised moderate-intensity aerobic exercise vs. Baseline (pre-intervention) was evaluated on Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms (TWS), smoking urge, mood and stress-pleasure related hormonal variables. An 8-week supervised moderate-intensity aerobic exercise program improved tobacco withdrawal symptoms, smoking urge, and mood among daily smokers during temporary abstinence.
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