Does Moderate Intensity Exercise Help Prevent Smoking Relapse Among Women?

Exclusion Criteria

• •Cannot read or write fluently in the English language
• •Pregnancy or plans to attempt pregnancy
• •60 minutes or more per week of moderate or vigorous physical activity
• •Smokes cigars, pipes, or uses smokeless tobacco at least once per week
• •Currently in a quit smoking program
• •Currently using NRT of any kind or using any other quit smoking method or treatment
• •Never had an adverse reaction to the nicotine patch resulting in discontinuation of use
• •Poor willingness or inability to comply with protocol requirements
• •An employee of the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine
• •Previous participant in Commit to Quit or Fit to Quit smoking cessation studies
• •Another member of the household is or has been enrolled in this study
• •Currently taking a medication that might impact heart rate response, including but not limited to:
• •Acebutolol Atenolol Carvedilol Metoprolol Nadolol Pindolol Propranolol Timolol
• •Medical problems:
• •Cardiac disease of any kind such as angina, a history of myocardial infarction or valve disease including mitral valve prolapse. Anyone with an interventional procedure such as a stent
• •Pain, discomfort (or other anginal equivalent) in the chest, neck, jaw, arms or other areas that may be due to ischemia
• •Cerebrovasular disease such as stroke or history of transient ischemic attacks
• •Peripheral vascular disease (such as claudication)
• •Diabetes (both Type I and II)
• •Chronic infectious disease (HIV, hepatitis) (hepatitis A is okay)
• •Liver disease
• •Cystic fibrosis (CF)
• •Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (see asthma and bronchitis under questionable)
• •Interstitial lung disease
• •Emphysema
• •Chronic Bronchitis
• •Orthopnea (difficulty breathing except in the upright position) or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (sudden shortness of breath at night typically triggered by lying down)
• •Current diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• •Current diagnosis of Fibromyalgia
• •Abnormal exercise stress test
• •Hypertension (anyone currently being followed and/or treated for hypertension)
• •Cancer treatment (other than skin cancer) within the past 6 months
• •Musculoskeletal problems such as osteoarthritis, gout, osteoporosis or back, hip or knee pain that can interfere with physical activity (i.e., walking at a brisk pace - about 3-mph)
• •Any other serious medical condition that might make exercise unsafe or unwise
• •Psychiatric Problems
• •Hospitalization for a psychiatric disorder in the last 6 months
• •Currently suicidal or psychotic, (or suicidal/psychotic in last 6 months)
• •Self-report of more than three alcoholic drinks per day on 5 or more days; 5 or more alcoholic drinks on 3 or more days
• •Taking these specific medications for psychiatric problems: Mood stabilizer (Lithium, Depakote, Neurontin), Antipsychotics (Haldol, Clozaril, Risperdal)
• •Must be on other current psychiatric medications for at least three months
• •REQUIRES MD CONSENT FOR THE SPECIFIC CONDITION
• •Lightheadedness, dizziness, vertigo, or fainting
• •Last electrocardiogram (EKG) performed was abnormal
• •Anemia
• •Previous ETT for medical reason with normal results
• •Irregular heart beats or palpitations in the past two years
• •Heart murmurs in the past two years - the person will need physician's consent and an echocardiogram showing no evidence of significant heart disease