Effects of cigarette smoking on endurance performance levels of 16- to 19-year-old males

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of cigarette smoking on the levels of endurance performance in teenagers. Longitudinal data of physical characteristics, smoking habits, exercise habits, and time records in both 1500-meter run and 10-kilometer run of 202 sixteen-to-nineteen-year-old male students were retrieved and analyzed retrospectively. The results showed that the performance levels of exercise-neversmokers in the 1500-meter run did improve as the subjects grew older, and that over the same period, the exercise-smokers did not improve but were able only to maintain their performance levels. The results of two way analysis of variance(ANOVA) indicated that smoking negatively and independently impacts how eighteen and nineteen-year-olds will perform in a 10-kilometer run. The reduced levels of endurance performance in the non-exercise smokers showed up in their results in the 10-kilometer run, and the diminished performance levels of the exercise-smokers were revealed in their 1500-meter run times. These results suggest that smokers obtain less benefits from training than non-smokers, and that we need to assess endurance performance levels among the young by paying careful attention to their smoking habits.

Cigarette Smoking Blunts Exercise-Induced Heart Rate Response among Young Adult Male Smokers

“…In addition, smoking also reduced the level of endurance in teenager smokers (18–19 years old). The subjects recorded slower times in 1500 m and 10,000 m runs [10]. Acute effects of smoking two cigarettes also increased HR during rest and exercise [11].…”

Association between physical activity in daily life and pulmonary function in adult smokers

“…( 7 , 8 ) It has been suggested that smoking reduces cardiorespiratory fitness and lung function. ( 9 , 10 ) In addition, significant differences have been found between physically active and physically inactive smokers regarding fatigue immediately after the six-minute walk test and during the recovery period, at two minutes after the test. ( 11 )…”

Características sociodemográficas, hábitos de vida y frecuencia de consumo de alimentos asociados al rendimiento físico en corredores amateurs (Sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle habits and frequency of food consumption associated with physical performance in amateur runners)

“…Los comportamientos de riesgo para la salud, como el consumo de tabaco y pocas horas de sueño pueden impactar de manera negativa en el rendimiento físico de los atletas. Hallazgos de estudios previos han documentado que los niveles de rendimiento físico están asociados con el consumo de tabaco (Chaabane et al, 2016;Hashizume et al, 1999;Jeon et al, 2021). Los efectos negativos del consumo de tabaco pueden resultar en una disminución en el consumo máximo de oxígeno y duración del ejercicio.…”

“…Del mismo modo, los comportamientos de riesgo para la salud pueden impactar de manera negativa en el rendimiento físico. Por ejemplo, hallazgos anteriores han documentado que los niveles de rendimiento físico están asociados con el consumo de tabaco (Chaabane et al, 2016;Hashizume et al, 1999;Jeon et al, 2021), consumo de alcohol (Courtney et al, 2022) y pérdida de sueño (Fullagar et al, 2015;Sheikholeslami et al, 2018).…”