Exercise
Kick The Butt
Researchers
from the University of Western
Ontario Canada have found
that exercise can help people
quit smoking.
A combination
of nicotine replacement
therapy and exercise works
best, according to Dr. Harry
Prapavssis, director of
the Exercise and Health
Psychology Laboratory.
In a recent
study, 70 percent of women
had stopped smoking at the
end of the 12-week program,
but after one year, only
27 percent remained abstinent.
“Our
physical fitness and weight
data supported the abstinence
data. This suggests that
exercise needs to be maintained
for individuals to continue
to kick the habit,”
Prapavessis said.
“It
is important to determine
whether inexpensive home
and community-based lifestyle
exercise maintenance programs
can maintain exercise, fitness
and weight after cessation
program termination, and
hence prevent (reduce) smoking
relapse,” he added.
