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From: srm@pyuxnn.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Weight loss and Smoking - Query
Message-ID: <163@pyuxnn.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 31-Oct-83 10:05:35 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 31 10:05:35 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 3-Nov-83 03:26:53 EST
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A friend of mine, who is trying to lose weight, claims that he can't
stop smoking now since it will cause him to gain weight, thereby 
negating the effects of dieting. Of course, this is not news, but, his
claim is that it has nothing to do with increased eating which occurs
as a compensation for not smoking. His claim is that there is some
"biological" basis for increased weight gain when smoking is ceased.

Question: Assuming you keep food intake constant, can stopping smoking
actually cause you to increase your weight gain? (I think not, but I
promised him I'd ask.)

Please mail responses; I'll post a summary.

			Steve Marcovici
			...pyuxnn!srm