Although it is widely acknowledged that smoking is a harmful habit, many people still indulge in nicotine-based products. While almost all smokers agree that smoking has beneficial effects on mood and anxiety, female smokers resort to nicotine to control weight. The article “Differential Effects of a Body Image Exposure Session on Smoking Urge between Physically Active and Sedentary Female Smokers” deepens the behavioral mechanisms that correlate urge to smoke, body image, and physical activity among women. The research highlights that subjects involved in vigorous physical activity show attenuated smoking urges in weight concern-eliciting. This paper explores the study from a statistical perspective, analyzing motivations and hypotheses, sampling method, data analysis, and limitations. Uma Nair, Bradley Collins, and Melissa Napolitano search the behavioral mechanisms underlying smoking among women. While female smokers resort to smoking as a strategy for controlling weight, they face tobacco-related risks to their sexual health (Nair, Collins, & Napolitano, 2013). Weight concerns and body image dissatisfaction hinder the willingness to quit the habit. The study addresses the question of whether physical activity might replace smoking as a weight controller, assessing the “effects of physical activity versus sedentary behavior on smoking urge response” (Nair et al., 2013, p. 323). A sample population was exposed to a new behavioral task, a body-image exposure, designed to evoke body image and weight preoccupations. The study examines the reactions of two groups of female smokers, one with attitude to physical activities, the other inclined towards a sedentary life. The main hypothesis was that, after the exposure to the behavioral task, the active smokers would show a less urge to smoke. The sample population comprised 37 women, from 18 to 24 years old, reporting weight dissatisfaction and consumption of at least five cigarettes per day. Inclusion criteria for physically active women entailed at least 60 minutes of vigorous activity or 90 minutes of moderate exercise per week, while the sedentary group included smokers performing less than 30 minutes of moderate activity or no activity at all. The active smoker group constituted of 21 individuals, while the sedentary women were 16. Although the sizes of the samples were different, the requirement of homogeneity of variance was met (Tanner, 2016). To raise body-image motivation, the researchers created a behavioral task based on mirror-exposure procedures. This innovative therapeutic technique has proven to reduce body dissatisfaction (Servián-Franco, Moreno-Domínguez, & del Paso, 2015). From a statistical perspective, the manipulative method defines the study as quasi-experimental. Self-reported urge to smoke and latency to the first puff are the most critical measures, obtained before and after the exposure session. The urge to smoke among the two groups was compared through paired sample t-tests, using 2×2 repeated measures analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) of physical activity, body and weight concerns, nicotine withdrawal, and symptoms of depression. Pre- and post-test data, partial correlat