Determining the effects of exercise after smoking cessation therapy completion on continuous abstinence from smoking: Japanese study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite a steady world-wide decline over recent decades, rates of smoking remain high in developed countries. In Japan, 30% of men and 10% of women are smokers. Based on these rates, 18.8 million (14.06 million men and 4.74 million women) in Japan are smokers. The rate of success for smoking cessation has recently improved due to the widespread availability of drug therapy; however, the success rate for quitting smoking one year after beginning therapy is only around 50%. Previous studies have demonstrated that exercise can relieve mental stress during continuous abstinence from smoking and curb smoking resumption. To date, no large-scale, randomized controlled trials have examined the effects of exercise on smoking cessation. The present study aims to determine the effe

SUBMITTER: Ozaki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6916165 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature