期刊名称：International Journal of Sport, Exercise and Training Sciences
电子版ISSN：2149-8229
出版年度：2017
卷号：3
语种：English
出版社：Balikesir University
摘要：It is well known that participating in regular physical exercise is advised as a tool to prevent bad habits like the cigarette smoking. This this study aims to compare the smoking rates of regularly exercised and sedentary females at the age range of 14-30. MATERIAL and METHOD: Totally 965 voluntary participants including 329 exercised female and 636 sedentary females at the age range of 14-30 living in Adana Seyhan district were participated in this study. In this study,participants were divided into active and sedentary groups respectively,considering their participation in middlelevel physical exercise like walking,running,bicycle and other exercises at least for six months which is done for 30 minutes minimum and increase heart beating and respiratory rate considerably and sweats the body. Options of “A) I don't smoke,B) I smoke less than half a pack in a day,and C) I smoke more than half a packet in a day" were used to determine the amount of cigarette smoking. The point for smoking was measured by giving 1 point to option A,2 points to option B and 3 points to C. Cross tabulation and X2 analyses were used to determine whether the distributions among groups are different or not. Mann Whitney U analyses were used for the comparisons of active and sedentary groups. RESULTS: The results of this study show that percentages of participants were for 34.9 % for regularly exercised and 65.91 % for sedentary participants,respectively. This study also showed that regular physical exercise had no effect on physical characteristics and the cigarette smoking habits in females. No significant difference was observed in the percentages of regularly exercised and sedentary females depending on age groups. There were also insignificant differences in the cigarette smoking rates and BMI ratios with respect to age groups. CONCLUSION: The physical exercise levels of participants were under the level of the effective threshold to maintain the body mass index in a normal range and to diminish the cigarette smoking habits. It can be concluded that females reported their physical activity level as higher than their real values.
