Weight control smoking among sedentary women☆
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Method
Data for the present investigation comprise part of the baseline data from a larger study designed to compare the efficacy of a 12-session cognitive-behavioral smoking cessation treatment plus supervised vigorous exercise with the same cessation treatment plus contact control (Marcus et al., 1997).
Demographic factors
In the stepwise multiple regression model, demographic variables such as race, occupation, marital status, and education did not significantly enter the model over and above age and baseline BMI, which were forced into the equation first and second, respectively. Both age and BMI significantly entered the model (F = 10.2, df = 2,268, p < .0001), such that older age was associated with lower levels of smoking for weight control (β = .14) and greater BMI was associated with higher levels of
Discussion
Our primary purpose in this study was to examine the characteristics associated with smoking for weight control among women enrolled in a smoking cessation program. In our final model we found that several variables were independently associated with greater levels of smoking for weight control: anticipation of postcessation weight gain, higher levels of dietary restraint, younger age, greater number of pounds gained during previous quit attempts, higher Fagerstrom scores, and lower
Acknowledgements
This project was supported in part through grants from the National Cancer Institute (KO7CA01757 and R29CA59660) and a supplement to R29CA59660 from the Office of Research on Women’s Health, to Dr. Marcus.
We acknowledge and thank David Abrams, PhD, Anna Albrecht, RN, MS, and Alfred Parisi, MD, for their contributions to this trial. We thank Regina Traficante, MA, and Janice Tripolone, BS, for their numerous contributions to the implementation of this study. We also thank Barbara Doll for her
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