Exercise for Smoking Cessation in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postmenopausal smokers have difficulty quitting smoking and experience considerable weight gain with smoking cessation. We examined whether adjunctive smoking treatment with exercise, compared to a relaxation control condition, could improve cigarette abstinence, decrease cigarettes smoked per day (CPD), and ameliorate changes in body mass index (BMI) in postmenopausal smokers.

Methods

Women (N = 301) signed informed consent and were randomized to treatment at two sites (Universities of Connecticut and Minnesota). We randomized groups of participants to a comprehensive group treatment program that included 12 weeks of varenicline and either a moderate exercise or relaxation component for 6 months. Participants were followed for a year after medication treatment.

SUBMITTER: Oncken C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8135660 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature