Trial reportPsychopharmacology2005
Acute effects of self-paced walking on urges to smoke during temporary smoking abstinence.
Trial report in Psychopharmacology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01047930 (The Effect of Exercise on Acute Nicotine Withdrawal), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effect of Exercise on Acute Nicotine Withdrawal: Human Study
Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of exercise intervention on tobacco dependence: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of exercise intervention on smoking cessation: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- Exercise interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- The acute effects of exercise on cigarette cravings, withdrawal symptoms, affect, and smoking behaviour: systematic review update and meta-analysis.Psychopharmacology · 2012Pooled it
- Acute effects of outdoor and indoor walking on cigarette cravings, withdrawal symptoms and affective response during temporary smoking abstinence.Psychopharmacology · 2024Trial
- Yoga as a Complementary Therapy for Smoking Cessation: Results From BreathEasy, a Randomized Clinical Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Trial
- Effects of exercise on the desire to smoke and physiological responses to temporary smoking abstinence: a crossover trial.Psychopharmacology · 2015Trial
- Testing the efficacy of yoga as a complementary therapy for smoking cessation: design and methods of the BreathEasy trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2014Trial
- The effects of acute exercise on tobacco cravings and withdrawal symptoms in temporary abstinent pregnant smokers.Addictive behaviors · 2014Trial
- Eating the elephant whole or in slices: views of participants in a smoking cessation intervention trial on multiple behaviour changes as sequential or concurrent tasks.BMC public health · 2012Trial
- Feasibility and acceptability of a multiple risk factor intervention: the Step Up randomized pilot trial.BMC public health · 2011Trial
- Acute exercise effects on smoking withdrawal symptoms and desire to smoke are not related to expectation.Psychopharmacology · 2007Trial
- Effects of a brisk walk on blood pressure responses to the Stroop, a speech task and a smoking cue among temporarily abstinent smokers.Psychopharmacology · 2006Trial
- Exercise-based interventions for smoking cessation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of sport and health science · 2026Review
- Increased alcohol-biased choice behavior in mouse models of high alcohol drinking.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Underreporting of implementation strategies and barriers in physical activity interventions for young people at risk of problematic substance use: a brief report.Implementation science communications · 2024Article
- Exercise and Smoking Cessation.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2024Review
- Efficacy of simple and very brief handgrip and isometric exercises for reducing withdrawal symptoms in cigarette smokers: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Tobacco induced diseases · 2024Article
- Dynamic associations between anxiety, depression, and tobacco use in older adults: Results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.Journal of psychiatric research · 2021Article
- Short Bouts of Physical Activity Are Associated with Reduced Smoking Withdrawal Symptoms, but Perceptions of Intensity May Be the Key.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
rationaleRecent research highlights the need to extend our understanding of how exercise may aid smoking cessation, through exploration of different modes, intensity and duration of exercise.
objectivesThe purpose of the study was to examine the effects of a 1-mile self-paced walk on different measures of urges to smoke following temporary smoking abstinence.
methodsIn a within-subject counterbalanced design, following 15 h of smoking abstinence, participants (N=15) exercised or sat passively on separate days. A single-item measure of strength of desire to smoke was administered during, immediately post, and at 10 and 20 min post-treatment. The two-factor Questionnaire for Smoking Urges, involving intention and desire to engage in smoking behaviour which is anticipated as pleasant, enjoyable and satisfying (desire-behave), and anticipation of relief from negative affect through smoking (desire-affect relief), was administered before and 20 min post-treatment.
resultsA two-way repeated-measures MANOVA revealed a significant overall interaction effect for time by condition for strength of desire to smoke, and the two QSU scales. Two-way repeated-measures univariate ANOVAs revealed significant interaction effects for time by condition for each of the three urges to smoke measures. Planned contrasts revealed that exercise reduced cigarette cravings for up to 20 min after exercise, in comparison with the control condition. ANCOVAs revealed mixed support for independent effects of exercise on all measures of urges to smoke.
conclusionA self-paced walk, at a low intensity, lasting 15-20 min can have a rapid and measurable positive effect on both single and multi-item measures of urges to smoke, lasting at least 20 min, during temporary smoking abstinence.
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