Özet:

Cigarette and exercise both induce oxidative stress. Studies that investigate the effects of exercise on oxidative stress have generally focused on non smokers and healthy people that do not use any medicine and supplement. However, there are many people that exercise regularly with different fitness level and smoke cigarette at the same time. There are limited numbers of studies that has measured oxidative stress in response to acute and chronic exercise in cigarette smokers. In this context, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of exercise on oxidative stress in cigarette smoker and to view studies related with this topic. The results of limited data show that acute exercise exacerbates oxidative stress responses in sedentary cigarette smokers and lower antioxidant capacity in smokers is responsible of high lipid peroxidation level and oxidative stress damage. Besides this, though activation the antioxidant defense system regular exercise may reduce the potential damage of cigarette. It has been showed that people who exercise regularly (6 times or more per week) have lower lipid peroxidation level. Furthermore, training intensity and training volume should be enough to activate antioxidant defense system and to increase the levels of antioxidant enzymes.

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