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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