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Michele Johnson Moore1, Chudley Werch
1Department of Public Health, Brooks College of Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA. mmoore@unf.edu
Objective:
The authors explored the relationship between self-reported vigorous exercise frequency and alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use behaviors among first-year college students who self-identified as drinkers.
Participants:
The authors recruited 391 freshman college students in Northeast Florida to participate in an alcohol abuse prevention study.
Methods:
The authors conducted a multivariate analysis of variance to assess the relationship between vigorous exercise frequency and 6 measures of ATOD use at baseline.
Results:
Frequent exercisers drank significantly more often and a significantly greater quantity than did infrequent exercisers. However, frequent exercisers smoked cigarettes significantly less often than did infrequent exercisers.
Conclusions:
These findings suggest that vigorous exercise frequency is differentially associated with alcohol and cigarette consumption among college students. Researchers should further examine the reasons for these differences.
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