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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2017 Jul 1;41(4):419-427.
doi: 10.5993/AJHB.41.4.6.

Physical Activity and Quit Motivation Moderators of Adolescent Smoking Reduction

Melissa D Blank  1 , Kaitlyn A Ferris  2 , Aaron Metzger  3 , Amy Gentzler  3 , Christina Duncan  4 , Traci Jarrett  5 , Geri Dino  6
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Physical Activity and Quit Motivation Moderators of Adolescent Smoking Reduction

Melissa D Blank et al. Am J Health Behav. .

Abstract

Objectives: We examined participant characteristics as moderators of adolescents' smoking cessation outcomes as a function of intervention: Not-on-Tobacco (N-O-T), N-O-T with a physical activity (PA) module (N-O-T+FIT), or Brief Intervention (BI).

Methods: We randomly assigned youth (N = 232) recruited from public high schools to an intervention, and measured their baseline levels of PA and motivation to quit. The number of cigarettes/day for weekdays and weekends was obtained at baseline and 3-month follow-up.

Results: Across timepoints, cigarette use declined for youth in N-O-T (p = .007) and N-O-T+FIT (ps < .02), but not BI (n.s.). For N-O-T+FIT youth, the steepest declines in weekday smoking occurred for those with high PA levels (p = .02). Weekend cigarette use decreased for N-O-T+FIT youth with moderate-high levels of intrinsic motivation to quit (ps < .04).

Conclusions: Adolescents may benefit from interventions designed to address the barriers faced during a quit attempt, including their motivation to make a change and their engagement in other healthy behaviors such as physical activity.

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Conflict of Interest Statement

All authors of this article declare they have no conflicts of interest.

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Change in Weekday Smoking Behavior Based on Intervention Group and PA Levels
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