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Trial reportPsychopharmacology2015

The effect of acute exercise on cigarette cravings while using a nicotine lozenge.

Amelia Tritter, Lyndsay Fitzgeorge, Harry Prapavessis

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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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 12 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Exercise interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  8. Acute Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Affect and Smoking Craving in the Weeks Before and After a Cessation Attempt.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Amelia TritterThe University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Lyndsay Fitzgeorge
Harry Prapavessis

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleIt is imperative that smoking cessation aids effectively alleviate cigarette craving and withdrawal symptoms because their intensity has shown to predict relapse. The nicotine lozenge and a single session of exercise have both been shown to provide relief from craving for smokers who have stopped smoking. These two efficacious monotherapies have distinct mechanic pathways, and applying them concurrently may provide additive-craving relief benefit.

objectiveThis study aimed to examine whether an acute bout of moderate-intensity exercise provides additional craving relief to the nicotine replacement lozenge in recently quit smokers.

resultsThirty smokers who had abstained from smoking for 15 h were randomized to either the experimental (exercise and lozenge, n = 15) or control (lozenge alone, n = 15) condition. Craving was assessed before (baseline), during (10 and 20 min), and after (10, 20, 30, and 40 min) treatment.

resultA significant condition by time interaction effect was found for craving (F(6, 23) = 2.70, p = 0.039, Wilks' Λ = 0.59, η ρ (2) = 0.41). While both conditions demonstrated reductions in craving, the reduction was significantly greater for the experimental group.

conclusionThese findings demonstrate that an acute bout of exercise provides additional craving relief to the nicotine lozenge in recently quit smokers. We recommend smokers who attempt to quit employ both cessation aids simultaneously to maximize reductions in cravings.

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Smoking CessationTobacco Use Cessation DevicesAdolescentAdultAgedCravingExerciseFemaleHeart RateHumansMaleMiddle AgedMotor ActivityNicotineNicotinic AgonistsSmokingNicotineNicotinic AgonistsTablets

Identifiers

PMID25701265

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