Smokers generally gain weight when they quit smoking; this weight gain can lessen some of
the health benefits of quitting smoking. We review the effectiveness of behavioral and …

Objective Most smokers gain weight after quitting, and some develop new onset obesity and
type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the current science investigating …

Objective To describe weight gain and its variation in smokers who achieve prolonged
abstinence for up to 12 months and who quit without treatment or use drugs to assist …

Background Taking regular exercise may help people give up smoking by moderating
nicotine withdrawal and cravings, and by helping to manage weight gain. Objectives To …

Smoking continues to be the leading cause of preventable death in the USA, despite the
vast and widely publicized knowledge about the negative health effects of tobacco smoking …

This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to quantify weight gain after smoking
cessation and the difference in weight gain between quitters and continuing smokers. Five …

Background Obesity is known to be a major risk factor for diabetes, but the magnitude of risk
and variation between blacks and whites are less well documented in populations heavily …

Smokers with diabetes mellitus substantially lower their risks of microvascular and
macrovascular diabetic complications, in particular cardiovascular disease, by quitting …

Background Accumulating epidemiological studies have demonstrated that smoking caused
damage to human health. However, these studies almost focused on the individual smoking …

Nicotine has been shown to decrease appetite, food intake (FI) and body weight, but the
mechanisms are unclear. The purpose of this review was to examine research on the effects …