Does Exercise Help You Quit?
Friday, October 27, 2006
Dr. Blogger
This study found that if you use nicotine gum or patches you are more likely to stay tobacco free if you also did regular exercise. They took 68 volunteers and monitored them for three months. Half of them did regular exercise while the other half didn't. All of them received nicotine replacement therapy.
The results were that 80% of those who exercised were still not smoking at the end of the three months, compared to just 52% of those who didn't exercise. The researchers also discovered that the exercisers who failed to stay off tobacco smoked less than the non-exercisers who went back to smoking.
From our personal experiences, exercising is part of a healthier lifestyle that people who are quitting get into. Quitting seems to trickle down into your entire day and feeling like getting some exercise is part of that. It doesn't have to be something you don't enjoy doing. Just choosing something fun that gets you moving is all it takes.
DrQ
4 Comments:
At Sat Oct 28, 10:44:00 PM 2006,
kris said…
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At Sat Oct 28, 11:01:00 PM 2006,
krismb said…
Hi,I appreciate your article. I'm a paraplygic that ALSO REALLY DOESN'T NEED TO SMOKE!! I think excercise-with hand weights,maybe would be a dramatic change in my life. I literally don't do anything remotely productive. Between the two things I will die young(49). Your article has given a hint to help me out.Thank-you-now to begin...
kris
At Mon Oct 30, 08:59:00 PM 2006,
Lowell Kleinman, MD said…
I don't think i ever met anyone who was not remotely productive. You are really tough on yourself. There must be something that you do that positively impacts others...even if it's that they enjoy your company.
What do you think is going to happen that will cause you to die young?
DrK
At Tue May 08, 12:28:00 PM 2007,
peter said…
i have given up 2 years now when i was trying hard at first i found that every time i wanted a cig i just done 10 sit ups i didnt want one then trust me from 45 a day to nil with one patch i thought was a week one and was only a day one haha proves its in the mind ,i was smoking 27 years i feel fitter now but eat too much thats my next project ,never give up trying i say ,i can now reach the higher notes when singing in the club or can last longer playing my sax ,but would like to know if there is a good set of exersises for lungs i could use ,and how long if it happens is it befor your lungs are repaired or cleared ...thanks Peter
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