title: Relationship between vigorous exercise frequency and substance use among first-year drinking college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors explored the relationship between self-reported vigorous exercise frequency and alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use behaviors among first-year college students who self-identified as drinkers.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors recruited 391 freshman college students in Northeast Florida to participate in an alcohol abuse prevention study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors conducted a multivariate analysis of variance to assess the relationship between vigorous exercise frequency and 6 measures of ATOD use at baseline.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Frequent exercisers drank significantly more often and a significantly greater quantity than did infrequent exercisers. However, frequent exercisers smoked cigarettes significantly less often than did infrequent exercisers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that vigorous exercise frequency is differentially associated with alcohol and cigarette consumption among college students. Researchers should further examine the reasons for these differences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Brooks College of Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA. mmoore@unf.edu
authors.forename: Michele Johnson
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Chudley
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Werch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014495:Universities