RESEARCH - Combo of exercise and nicotine therapy help smokers quit

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Medical Research News

Published: Wednesday, 25-Oct-2006

Researchers in Austria have found a way for people to quit smoking.

They say using a combination of either nicotine gum or transdermal patches

and exercise makes it more likely that smokers will quit.

The combo they say offers a better chance of smokers kicking the habit and

even those who failed to quit completely managed to cut down on the number

of cigarettes they smoked.

In a study conducted at the Otto Wagner Hospital and the Lainz Hospital in

Austria, researchers worked with 68 smokers for a three month period.

The group were randomly placed in one of two treatment programs that

included exercise and nicotine replacement therapy or only nicotine

replacement therapy.

At the end of the three months, 80 percent of those who exercised had quit

smoking, while only 52 percent of those in the group that did not exercise

had quit.

The researchers also found that those who had exercised were more likely to

reduce their cigarette smoking if they did not quit and also scored better

in tests measuring respiratory health.

Dr. Ralf Zwick and colleagues at Otto Wagner Hospital in Vienna say that

combining exercise training together with nicotine replacement therapy is a

feasible option and aids smoking cessation.

The researchers presented their findings at the CHEST 2006 meeting of the

American College of Chest Physicians in Salt Lake City.

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