title: Exercise counseling to enhance smoking cessation outcomes: the Fit2Quit randomized controlled trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Regular exercise has been proposed as a potential smoking cessation aid.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to determine the effects of an exercise counseling program on cigarette smoking abstinence at 24 weeks.
  
  
  METHODS
  A parallel, two-arm, randomized controlled trial was conducted. Adult cigarette smokers (n = 906) who were insufficiently active and interested in quitting were randomized to receive the Fit2Quit intervention (10 exercise telephone counseling sessions over 6 months) plus usual care (behavioral counseling and nicotine replacement therapy) or usual care alone.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant group differences in 7-day point-prevalence and continuous abstinence at 6 months. The more intervention calls successfully delivered, the lower the probability of smoking (OR, 0.88; 95 % CI 0.81-0.97, p = 0.01) in the intervention group. A significant difference was observed for leisure time physical activity (difference = 219.11 MET-minutes/week; 95 % CI 52.65-385.58; p = 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Telephone-delivered exercise counseling may not be sufficient to improve smoking abstinence rates over and above existing smoking cessation services. (Australasian Clinical Trials Registry Number: ACTRN12609000637246.).
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand, r.maddison@nihi.auckland.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maddison
authors.forename: Vaughan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Hayden
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McRobbie
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bullen
authors.forename: Harry
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authors.lastname: Prapavessis
authors.forename: Marewa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glover
authors.forename: Yannan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: William
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authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Sue
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authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Midi
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authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D037001:Directive Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D061485:Tobacco Use Cessation Devices