A Feasibility Study of Smoking Cessation Utilizing an Exercise Intervention among Black Women: 'Quit and Fit'.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women who engage in higher levels of exercise while trying to quit smoking have been shown to be less likely to relapse and to sustain their smoking abstinence longer. This study sought to examine the benefits of exercise for improving smoking cessation among Black women.

Methods

We evaluated the feasibility of a 12-week smoking and exercise intervention, Quit and Fit, tailored for Black women. All participants (intervention and control) received 12 weeks of smoking cessation counseling via telephone and 9 weeks of nicotine lozenges. Participants who were randomly assigned to the intervention condition were also assigned to a 12-week exercise group.

Results

Thirty-eight women were enrolled and 27 completed a 12-week follow-up assessment. Women from the inte

SUBMITTER: Williams CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10105489 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature