Getting ripped can be difficult if you don't live a healthy lifestyle. Smoking can make it particularly hard to go to the gym, especially if you can barely breathe while trying to lift weights. Luckily, a new study has shown that exercise may help people quit this unhealthy habit.
Reuters reported on a study which showed that teens who were encouraged to exercise had higher rates of quitting cigarettes than those who did not. Researchers found that teens who participated in a smoking cessation program that included a workout routine had a 31 percent success rate compared to the 21 percent that did not exercise.
"It's just a modest amount of encouragement (to exercise) from the facilitator. And we found that even that small 'dose' might have very important effects," researcher Kimberly Horn told Reuters Health.
The official study paper, found in the journal Pediatrics, concluded that exercise could be a valuable tool to help encourage teens to quit smoking, particularly among boys, who responded more positively to the workout program. These findings coincide with similar trials conducted on adults.
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