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Experts Urging Smokers To Replace Cigs With Exercise 

Jump to full article: This is Bolton / Bolton Evening News (BEN) (uk), 2008-04-05
Author: Jane Lavender

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EXPERTS are urging smokers to replace cigarettes with exercise in a bid to help them stub out the habit.

Research has revealed physical exertion can help reduce nicotine cravings - a theory backed by local experts.

Adrian Butterworth, manager of Bolton's Stop Smoking Service, said: "Exercise has long been known to reduce cravings in a person quitting smoking because moderate exercise causes the release of the same chemicals in the brain that nicotine does.

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