Smoking: Exercise, Stress And Second Hand Smoke

According to Austrian researchers, exercise-training therapy is an effective smoking cessation aid without side effects. The new study examined whether exercise-based interventions combined with a smoking cessation program were more effective than a cessation program alone. A study was done on two groups. One group just had nicotine replacement therapy, and another group had nicotine replacement therapy with exercise training for three months. While there was a significant amount of people who stopped smoking in both groups, 80 percent in exercise training quit smoking, compared with 52 percent in the nicotine replacement therapy group. Researchers concluded that exercise training together with nicotine replacement therapy was possible and could help a person stop smoking.
Stressful life events do not decrease a smoker's chances of quitting the habit, a new study has revealed. Researchers examined the impact of stressful life events in 1,330 smokers being treated for tobacco dependence; some of the smokers had experienced one or more major stressful events during treatment. Researchers concluded that many smokers who reported major stressful event during treatment were able to successfully quit. It was also believed that secondhand smoking is associated with chronic cough and sputum production. Researchers studied the association of secondhand smoking and respiratory symptoms in 139 patients and found that secondhand smokers showed a significant association with chronic sputum production and also showed a trend toward an increased prevalence of cough. I found this aspect of physiology interesting enough to share with the rest of the class because when people smoke they are not only affecting themselves but also other non-smokers around them. Therefore, the information from this article could help a lot of people, smokers and non-smokers.
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