Most smokers who quit smoking gain weight.
Those who quit smoking gain an average of 4.4 kilograms (9.7 lb) for men and 5.0 kilograms (11.0 lb) for women over ten years.
1 A large prospective study has shown that adolescents who initiate smoking gain less weight than their non-smoking peers. 2 Cohort studies also show that people who stop smoking gain weight. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 Smoking cessation probably causes weight gain because nicotine (in cigarettes) is an appetite suppressant.
People who quit smoking gain about ten pounds on average.
Clinicians may need to counsel their patients regarding drinking habits, smoking, weight gain and other factors that are known to increase the risks of poor neonatal outcomes, especially those factors that increase the risk of preterm birth.
If those number sound modest, consider this: Each of the 8 million people spared a premature death because they never smoked, or quit smoking early, gained, on average, almost 20 years of life.
They follow up when people miss appointments, skip their medications, keep smoking, or gain too much weight.
And importantly, gynecologists often use the annual visit to bring up nonreproductive issues: smoking, weight gain, high blood pressure, depression.
"This method, although we have studied H1N1, could be applied to anything that spreads — smoking, weight gain," he says.
People who quit smoking often gain 11 12 lb, on average, which can frequently lead to a relapse to smoking.
Similar to our findings, the decrease remained significant after controlling for gestational age at delivery, maternal age, race, parity, smoking, weight gain, and medical comorbidities.
