Study: Quick walks may help smokers quit

As little as 5 minutes of exercise may help smokers quit smoking

A study showed that moderate exercise like walking reduced the habit and intensity of smoking.

"If we found the same effects in a drug, it would immediately be sold as an aid to help people quit smoking," said Dr. Adrian Taylor, the study's lead author and professor of exercise and health psychology at the University of Exeter.

Taylor and colleagues reviewed 12 papers regarding connection between exercise and nicotine deprivation. According to their research even five minutes of exercise like walking could avoid the requirement of nicotine for the smokers. Even desire for smoking reduced after the exercise.

"What's surprising is the strength of the effect," said Dr. Robert West, professor of health psychology at University College London. He said it was unknown how long the effect of exercise would last and other anti smoking techniques should be combined with the exercise to quit smoking.

According to my opinion anti - smoking techniques should combine with exercise to quit smoking.