| 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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| The average smoker is 2.4 to 4.0 kg (5.8 to 9.6 pounds) lighter than the average |
| nonsmoker. Past smokers have a 33% higher prevalence of obesity by comparison |
| with their currently smoking siblings. |
| Archives of Internal Medicine, November 8, 1993, p. 2457 |
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| 79% of smokers who quit do gain some weight. Smoking generally suppresses body |
| weight below "normal", and smoking cessation allows weight to return to this normal |
| level. |
| Nicotine Addiction, p. 344 |
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| The average weight gain associated with the cessation of smoking is 4.4 kg (9.7 lbs) |
| for men and 5.0 kg (11 lbs) for women. |
| NEJM, November 2, 1995, p. 1215 |
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| The average woman who successfully quits smoking gains 8 pounds, and the average |
| man, about 6 pounds, a weight gain associated with minimal health risk. The |
| ex-smoker would have to gain 60 to 80 pounds to counteract the health benefits of |
| quitting. |
| Time, March 25, 1991, p. 55 and Journal of Respiratory Disease, May 1993, p. 636 |
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| The health risks of a modest weight gain after cessation are insignificant compared to |
| the health risks of continued smoking. |
| New York Times, September 14, 1995, p. A11 |
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| The health risk of smoking one pack per day is equal to being 100 pounds |
| overweight. |
| A smoker would have to gain more than |
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