More women report sexual dysfunction than men.
The results of this study, which were published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, showed that women who exercised were about twice as likely to quit smoking and remain smoke-free as women who did not exercise. The study showed that 19.4 percent of the women who exercised had quit smoking by the end of treatment, compared to 10.2 percent of the non-exercising women. In addition, 16.4 percent of the women who exercised remained abstinent three months after quitting, compared to 8.2 percent of the non-exercising women. Results were similar twelve months after quitting, with 11.9 percent of the exercising women remaining abstinent, compared to 5.4 percent of the non-exercising women. In addition, women in the group that exercised vigorously improved their exercise capacity and gained less weight by the end of treatment.