Exercise, Activity and Smoking in Young Adults

Exercise to Promote Quit Attempts in Young Adults

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how physical activity levels change in young adults when they start a specific exercise program.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how physical activity levels change in young adults when they start a specific exercise program. Physical activity levels will be monitored daily via a FitBit Flex. Outcome measures include number of minutes of activity per day and distance traveled per day.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-40 years old,
• stable physical/mental health,
• current smoker
• currently minimally active,
• ambulatory,
• interested in increasing their physical activity,
• willingness to attend weekly exercise intervention sessions at a SNAP Fitness location within 10 miles of the University of Minnesota campus,
• the ability to comply with the study protocol and provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindications to increasing physical activity including, but not limited to,
• abnormal electrocardiogram or V02 test results,
• high blood pressure (defined as systolic blood pressure over 165 or diastolic blood pressure over 100),
• heart attack, acute (2 days) cardiac event or stroke in preceding six months,
• unstable angina,
• uncontrolled dysrhythmias causing hemodynamic compromise,
• symptomatic severe aortic stenosis,
• uncontrolled symptomatic heart failure,
• acute pulmonary embolism or pulmonary infarction,
• acute myocarditis or
• pericarditis,
• dissecting aneurism,
• acute systemic infection and
• unstable pulmonary or cardiovascular conditions.