Table 3.
Mean (SD) ratings of desire to smoke and happiness immediately before and after a bout of exercise
| Two weeks | One week | |||||
| Before quit | Before quit | Quit day | ||||
| (N = 21) | aP | (N = 15) | aP | (N = 14) | aP | |
| Desire to smoke before exercise | 2.5 (1.7) | 1.8 (1.4) | 3.6 (2.4) | |||
| Desire to smoke after exercise | *1.6 (0.8) | 0.001 | *1.3 (0.8) | 0.041 | *2.2 (1.4) | 0.021 |
| Happiness before exercise | 5.1 (0.8) | 4.5 (1.4) | 4.1 (1.5) | |||
| Happiness after exercise | *5.5 (1.1) | 0.031 | 5.0 (1.5) | 0.056 | *4.7 (1.5) | 0.025 |
| Mean (SD) minutes of supervised exercise | 8.8 (3.1) | 15.1 (5.8) | 18.8 (8.6) | |||
a=P value for comparison between ratings before and after exercise, using analysis of variance.
*=Significant difference relative to before exercise at P < 0.05.