ArticleAddictive behaviors2018
Effect of brief exercise on urges to smoke in men and women smokers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Exercise interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Urge Coping Mediates the Relationship Between Physical Activity and Smoking Outcomes in a Sample of Premenopausal Women Intending to Quit Smoking.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Trial
- Transcranial direct current stimulation associated with physical exercise can help smokers to quit smoking: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Acute effects of outdoor and indoor walking on cigarette cravings, withdrawal symptoms and affective response during temporary smoking abstinence.Psychopharmacology · 2024Trial
- Sleep quality in cigarette smokers: Associations with smoking-related outcomes and exercise.Addictive behaviors · 2019Trial
- Altered Regional Brain Activity Underlying the Higher Postoperative Analgesic Requirements in Abstinent Smokers: A Prospective Cohort Study.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
- The impact of loneliness on sleep quality in college students: a chained mediation model involving perceived stress and expressive suppression.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exercise and Smoking Cessation.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2024Review
- Physical activity and tobacco smoking in the German adult population.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- Review
- Short Bouts of Physical Activity Are Associated with Reduced Smoking Withdrawal Symptoms, but Perceptions of Intensity May Be the Key.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Exercise: The ultimate treatment to all ailments?Clinical cardiology · 2020Review
- Exercise as a Sex-Specific Treatment for Substance Use Disorder.Current addiction reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionAlthough smoking urges have been demonstrated to vary by gender and also be influenced by exercise, it is unknown if exercise has a differential effect on smoking urges by gender. This study aimed to explore gender-specific effects of an acute bout of exercise on cessation-related symptoms in men and women smokers during acute abstinence.
methodsWe enrolled smokers (≥5 cigarettes/day) who were 18-40years old for a study on exercise and smoking behavior. Participants abstained from smoking for at least 3h, prior to measurement of their maximal oxygen consumption tested, which was the acute bout of exercise. Prior to and after the exercise, participants completed the Questionnaire of Smoking Urges - Brief and the Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale.
resultsParticipants (n=38; 61% women) were, on average, 30.0±0.9years old and smoked 13.0±0.8 cigarettes/day. All measured aspects of cessation-related symptoms significantly improved after the exercise in both men and women. In women there was a significant decline in anticipated relief from negative affect after the exercise (women: -0.45±0.20, p=0.0322; men: -0.41±0.26, p=0.1312). In men there was a significant decline in the intention to smoke after the exercise (men: -0.77±0.23, p=0.0053; women: -0.66±0.37, p=0.0909).
conclusionsAn acute bout of exercise reduced smoking urges in both men and women smokers during an acute state of abstinence. Additional research is needed to replicate these observations in a larger, more diverse sample, and to explore the implication of these observations on cessation.
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