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Community-based Smoking Cessation Treatment for Adults With High Stress Sensitivity.

Jasper A. Smits

Start Date

12/27/2023

Completion Date

6/30/2029

Summary

Anxiety sensitivity, reflecting the fear of bodily sensations, is a risk factor for the maintenance and relapse of smoking. This study is designed to address the question - is a smoking cessation intervention personalized to high anxiety sensitive smokers and adapted for implementation by the YMCA effective among racially/ethnically diverse samples?

Detailed Description

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.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 18 years to No maximum

Inclusion Criteria: * 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) Exclusion Criteria: * 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

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Aerobic Exercise

BEHAVIORAL

Counseling

DRUG

Nicotine patch

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Conditions

Nicotine Dependence

Locations

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas 78712

United States