Table 1.
Baseline characteristics
| Health education (n = 30) |
Exercise counseling (n = 30) |
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| Characteristics | M (SD) | n (%) | M (SD) | n (%) |
| Age, years | 41.8 (12.1) | 40.9 (11.8) | ||
| Race | ||||
| White | 30 (100) | 29 (97) | ||
| African American | 1 (3) | |||
| Marital status | ||||
| Never married | 6 (20) | 6 (20) | ||
| Married | 14 (47) | 10 (33) | ||
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 10 (33) | 14 (47) | ||
| Education | ||||
| High school | 9 (30) | 6 (20) | ||
| Post high school/college graduate | 19 (63) | 20 (67) | ||
| Other | 2 (7) | 4 (13) | ||
| Number of cigarettes smoked per day | 21.6 (7.3) | 20.0 (7.8) | ||
| 1–19 | 10 (33) | 13 (43) | ||
| 20–39 | 19 (63) | 16 (53) | ||
| ≥40 | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | ||
| Number of years of cigarette smoking | 21.6 (11.1) | 21.1(12.4) | ||
| Number of serious attempts to stop smoking | ||||
| 0 | 1 (3) | 3 (10) | ||
| 1 | 5 (17) | 4 (13) | ||
| 2–5 | 18 (62) | 18 (60) | ||
| ≥6 | 5 (17) | 5 (17) | ||
| Missing | 1 | |||
| Longest time without cigarettes | ||||
| <1 day | 1 (3) | 2 (7) | ||
| 1–30 days | 9 (30) | 8 (27) | ||
| 1–12 months | 15 (50) | 13 (43) | ||
| >1 year | 5 (17) | 7 (23) | ||
| FTND score | 6.2 (2.3) | 5.7 (2.4) | ||
| <6 | 10 (33) | 14 (47) | ||
| ≥6 | 20 (67) | 16 (53) | ||
| Weight Concerns Scale score | 6.6 (2.1) | 5.8 (2.2) | ||
| CES-D score | 32.4 (9.6) | 29.8 (9.3) | ||
| Treatment for depression | ||||
| Current psychotherapy | 11 (37) | 7 (23) | ||
| Current pharmacotherapy | 19 (63) | 16 (53) | ||
Note. FTND, Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence. CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale.