This protocol provides the recommended treatment to achieve smoking cessation (i.e., counseling and nicotine replacement therapy) and randomly assigns individuals to a high-intensity exercise or low-intensity exercise intervention as a strategy to engage the mechanisms relevant to high anxiety sensitive smokers to improve smoking cessation outcomes.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Adult (age ≥ 18);
High Anxiety Sensitivity (≥5 on the Short Scale Anxiety Sensitivity Index \[SSASI\]);
Daily smoker, ≥5 cigarettes (including e-cigarettes, little cigars/cigarillos) for ≥1 year;
Motivated to quit smoking as evidenced by a score of ≥5 on a 0-10 Likert scale;
Body mass index \< 40;
Medical clearance to participate.
Located near a participating YMCA site (within 50 miles)
You may not be if
Regular exercise defined as engaging in vigorous-intensity exercise for at least 75 minutes per week for the last 3 months
Receiving current intervention for smoking cessation.
Outstanding debt to the YMCA
Listed as a sex offender on the National Sex Offender Registry
Clareo Health | Community-based Smoking Cessation Treatment for Adults With High Stress Sensitivity.
