Exercise-based interventions for smoking cessation: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract
Highlights • Exercise training increased abstinence, improving continuous abstinence by 15% and 7-day point prevalence abstinence by 21%.• Exercise training reduced smoking intensity, decreasing consumption by approximately 2 cigarettes/day vs. control.• Single-bout exercise acutely reduced cravings, with moderate-to-large effects immediately and up to 30 min post-exercise.• No trials assessed vaping cessation, and exercise effects on longer-term cravings were not significant.
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