Trial reportPsychopharmacology2015
Effects of exercise on the desire to smoke and physiological responses to temporary smoking abstinence: a crossover trial.
Trial report in Psychopharmacology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- 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
- Actívatexto: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Intervention That Promotes Smoking Cessation and Physical Activity among Latinos.Cancer research communications · 2024Trial
- Acute effects of outdoor and indoor walking on cigarette cravings, withdrawal symptoms and affective response during temporary smoking abstinence.Psychopharmacology · 2024Trial
- The effect of acute exercise on cigarette cravings while using a nicotine lozenge.Psychopharmacology · 2015Trial
- Environmental enrichment attenuates reinstatement of heroin seeking and reverses heroin-induced upregulation of mesolimbic ghrelin receptors.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- The Perceived Benefits and Self-Efficacy of an Exercise Intervention on Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms: A Qualitative Study Based on the Health Belief Model.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2024Article
- Understanding the Perspectives of Latino Adults Who Smoke on Physical Activity: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Efficacy of Individualized, Community-Based Physical Activity to Aid Smoking Cessation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of smoking cessation · 2023Article
- Aerobic exercise as a promising nonpharmacological therapy for the treatment of substance use disorders.Journal of neuroscience research · 2022Review
- mActive-Smoke: A Prospective Observational Study Using Mobile Health Tools to Assess the Association of Physical Activity With Smoking Urges.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2018Article
- Community-based physical activity as adjunctive smoking cessation treatment: Rationale, design, and baseline data for the Lifestyle Enhancement Program (LEAP) randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2018Article
- Strategies for Supporting Smoking Cessation Among Indigenous Fathers: A Qualitative Participatory Study.American journal of men's healthArticle
- Acute bouts of wheel running decrease cocaine self-administration: Influence of exercise output.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behaviorArticle
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Abstract
rationaleExercise has been shown to attenuate cigarette cravings during temporary smoking abstinence; however, the mechanisms of action are not clearly understood.
objectivesThe objectives of the study were to compare the effects of three exercise intensities on desire to smoke and explore potential neurobiological mediators of desire to smoke.
methodsFollowing overnight abstinence, 40 participants (25 males, 18-59 years) completed three 15 min sessions of light-, moderate-, or vigorous-intensity exercise on a cycle ergometer in a randomized crossover design. Ratings of desire to smoke were self-reported pre- and post-exercise and heart rate variability was measured throughout. Saliva and blood were analyzed for cortisol and noradrenaline in a sub-sample.
resultsExercise influenced desire to smoke (F [2, 91] = 7.94, p < 0.01), with reductions greatest immediately after vigorous exercise. There were also significant time x exercise intensity interaction effects for heart rate variability and plasma noradrenaline (F [8, 72] = 2.23, p = 0.03), with a bias in noradrenaline occurring between light and vigorous conditions (adjusted mean difference [SE] = 2850 ng/ml [592], p < 0.01) at 5 min post-exercise. There was no interaction of time x exercise intensity for plasma and salivary cortisol levels.
conclusionsThese findings support the use of vigorous exercise to reduce cigarette cravings, showing potential alterations in a noradrenergic marker.
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