| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 22 Smoking and tobacco cessation |
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| Smoking and tobacco cessation: Weight gain |
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| A June 15, 1997 article "Hooked on Smoking, Hooked on Thinness" in the |
| Washington Post reported on a poll which indicated that four out of ten smokers who |
| want to stop, say that they would not quit smoking if it meant that they would gain more |
| than five pounds. One in four (more women than men) said that they would not stop if |
| it meant gaining any weight at all. In fact, two thirds of all quitters do gain more than |
| five pounds, and 20 to 30% gain more than 15 pounds. |
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| In a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, women who exercised vigorously while |
| trying to quit smoking gained only about half the weight of those who did not exercise. |
| Associated Press, June 18, 1999 |
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| "On average, cigarette smokers weigh 4kg less than nonsmokers, and when smokers |
| quit, their body weight increases, on average, that amount." |
| Nicotine Safety and Toxicity, p. 11 (Neal Benowitz) |
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| Vigorous exercise facilitates smoking cessation in women as well as reducing weight |
| gain, when the exercise is combined with a behavioral smoking cessation program. |
| Archives of Internal Medicine 159: 1229-1234, 1999 |
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| A study of young adults by researchers at the University of Memphis Prevention |
| Center found minimal evidence of a weight control benefit from smoking, disputing |
| widespread perceptions, particularly among young people, that smoking controls |
| weight. |
| American Psychological Association press release, November 22, 1998 |
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