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ms_tapestry
Quit Date: October 21, 2009
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Posted: October 25, 2006 12:25 PM Post subject: exercise helps smokers quit |
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Exercise helps smokers quit, study concludes Tue Oct 24, 4:48 PM ET
Want to quit smoking? Hit the gym.
A study released on Tuesday by the American College of Chest Physicians found smokers who combine exercise with nicotine gum or transdermal patches are more likely to quit than those who rely on nicotine replacement therapy alone.
Sixty-eight patients at two Austrian hospitals were randomly assigned either a treatment program that included exercise or one that only used nicotine replacement therapy.
After three months, 80 percent of those who exercised had quit smoking, while 52 percent of those in the group that did not exercise had quit.
And those who exercised were more likely to reduce their cigarette smoking if they did not quit, the study found. They also scored better on several tests measuring respiratory health.
The study was conducted at Otto Wagner Hospital and Lainz Hospital in Austria. _________________
Tonya
You must do the very thing you think you cannot do.
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shevie
Quit Date: May 23, 2005
Posts: 413 Location: Grants Pass, OR, USA
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Posted: October 25, 2006 7:32 PM Post subject: |
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I agree 100%. I've ground many a crave to dust on a treadmill. One thing I was very pleasantly surprised to discover was that the membership to a gym was 1/2 to 1/4 the cost of smoking. Amazing, huh?
Shevie _________________
If you study something in the right light, how can there be any darkness? Dave Gardner
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kevin Site Admin
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Posted: October 25, 2006 9:04 PM Post subject: |
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keep choosing life!
kevin
the zen of the quit |
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marw
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Posted: October 25, 2006 9:37 PM Post subject: |
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It certainly helped me. Not sure I could have done it without my gym! I used to look forward to it everyday as the "crave free" time! _________________
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Mary Dude
Quit Date: June 15, 2004
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Posted: October 25, 2006 10:24 PM Post subject: |
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I did alot of walking instead of smoking...first thing in the morning - take a walk, at work - got an urge - take a walk; need a break - take a walk. Joined Curves....started exercising three or four times a week....still quit - and still exercising! _________________
Mary D.
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Worry doesn't help tomorrow's troubles, but it does ruin today's happiness! |
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Free
Quit Date: May 12, 2006
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Posted: October 26, 2006 10:02 AM Post subject: |
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shevie wrote: |
I agree 100%. |
Ditto _________________
Become addicted to constant and never ending self improvement.
The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.
Realize that true happiness lies within you. |
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Lori
Quit Date: March 18, 2006
Posts: 521 Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted: October 27, 2006 8:38 AM Post subject: |
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I know exercise helps me, but it's really interesting to see it quantified that way. Thanks Tonya!
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swaneem
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Posted: October 27, 2006 9:44 AM Post subject: |
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I also exercised....it gets those wonderful endorphins going!
Donna _________________
Just when the caterpillar thought his world was
coming to an end..........God made him a
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