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Acute effects of moderate intensity aerobic exercise on affective withdrawal symptoms and cravings among women smokers

Williams, DM; Dunsiger, S; Whiteley, JA; Ussher, MH; Ciccolo, JT; Jennings, EG (2011) Acute effects of moderate intensity aerobic exercise on affective withdrawal symptoms and cravings among women smokers. ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS, 36 (8). 894 - 897 (4). ISSN 0306-4603 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.04.001
SGUL Authors: Ussher, Michael Henry

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Abstract

A growing number of laboratory studies have shown that acute bouts of aerobic exercise favorably impact affect and cravings among smokers. However, randomized trials have generally shown exercise to have no favorable effect on smoking cessation or withdrawal symptoms during quit attempts. The purpose of the present study was to explore this apparent contradiction by assessing acute changes in affect and cravings immediately prior to and following each exercise and contact control session during an 8-week smoking cessation trial. Sixty previously low-active, healthy, female smokers were randomized to an eight-week program consisting of brief baseline smoking cessation counseling and the nicotine patch plus either three sessions/week of moderate intensity aerobic exercise or contact control. Findings revealed a favorable impact of exercise on acute changes in positive activated affect (i.e., energy) and cigarette cravings relative to contact control. However, effects dissipated from session to session. Results suggest that aerobic exercise has potential as a smoking cessation treatment, but that it must be engaged in frequently and consistently over time in order to derive benefits. Thus, it is not surprising that previous randomized controlled trials—in which adherence to exercise programs has generally been poor—have been unsuccessful in showing effects of aerobic exercise on smoking cessation outcomes.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: PubMed ID: 21543158
Keywords: Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Aged, Behavior, Addictive, Exercise, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Substance Withdrawal Syndrome, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Social Sciences, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Psychology, Clinical, Substance Abuse, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SCI, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SSCI, Moderate intensity exercise, Smoking, Cigarette cravings, Affective withdrawal symptoms, RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL, SMOKING-CESSATION, EFFICACY, AID, Moderate intensity exercise, Smoking, Cigarette cravings, Affective withdrawal symptoms
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH)
Journal or Publication Title: ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
ISSN: 0306-4603
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1 August 2011Published
Web of Science ID: WOS:000291456200019
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URI: http://sgultest.da.ulcc.ac.uk/id/eprint/103327
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.04.001

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