ArticleBMC public health2015
Predictors of marked weight gain in a population of health care and industrial workers following smoking cessation.
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- Interventions for preventing weight gain after smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Updated Cardiovascular Prevention Guideline of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology - 2019.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2019Guideline
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- Comparative effectiveness of adding weight control simultaneously or sequentially to smoking cessation quitlines: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- The inverse relation between changes in body weight and serum phosphate expresses weight loss after lifestyle intervention in non-smokers and smokers, but not in subjects who quit smoking.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Smoking, Obesity, and Post-Cessation Weight Gain: Neurobiological Intersection and Treatment Recommendations.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- "Healthier health in more ways than one": Perspectives on a program for changing both smoking and obesity-related health behaviors.Eating behaviors · 2024Article
- Examining the effect of exercise on the relationship between affect and cravings among smokers engaged in cessation treatment.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- Weight Status Modulated Brain Regional Homogeneity in Long-Term Male Smokers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Evaluation of a web-based cognitive behavioral smoking cessation treatment for overweight/obese smokers.Journal of health psychology · 2019Article
- Association between Cigarette Smoking Frequency and Health Factors among Korean Adults.Iranian journal of public health · 2018Article
- Predictors of overweight/obesity in a Brazilian cohort after 13 years of follow-up.Nutrition journal · 2018Observational
- IMPLEMENTATION, RECRUITMENT AND BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF COMBINED TREATMENTS FOR SMOKING CESSATION AND WEIGHT CONTROL.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2017Article
- The effectiveness of naltrexone combined with current smoking cessation medication to attenuate post smoking cessation weight gain: a literature review.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2017Review
- Examining the effects of cigarette smoking on food cravings and intake, depressive symptoms, and stress.Eating behaviors · 2017Article
- Smoking cessation and long-term weight gain in the Framingham Heart Study: an application of the parametric g-formula for a continuous outcome.European journal of epidemiology · 2016Observational
- The effect of tobacco cessation on weight gain, obesity, and diabetes risk.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2016Review
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Abstract
backgroundConcerns about postcessational weight gain might hamper rather than encourage smokers to quit smoking.
methodsWe conducted a comprehensive multi-institutional smoking cessation program for health care and industrial workers (n = 654) employed at University Hospital Basel (Switzerland) and two local health industry companies (Novartis International AG, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG). The program contained counselling with an option of pharmacological support. Changes in body weight were observed during 24 months of follow-up. Factors associated with longitudinal weight gain (> 5 % of baseline weight) were identified by cox-regression analysis.
resultsIn 51 % of permanent quitters no significant changes of mean body weight were observed after 12 (0.52 kg, SD ± 2.87 kg) and 24 months (0.40 kg, SD ± 2.99 kg). Marked weight gain following smoking cessation was characterized by a wide margin of changes. In more than a half of former smokers (58 %) weight increases were moderate (< 5 kg), whereas excessive increases (> 10 kg) were seen in only 10 % of quitters. Lower baseline BMI (HR 0.60, 95 % CI 0.40- 0.80, p = 0.03), daily consumption of less than ten cigarettes (HR 0.53, 95 % CI 0.27- 0.63, p = 0.04) and ischemic cardiopathy (HR 0.21, 95 % CI 0.07-0.62; p < 0.01) were associated with a lower risk for weight gain. Employees with lower educational levels (HR 2.60, 95 % CI 1.60-5.50, p < 0.01), diabetes mellitus (HR 3.05, 95 % CI 2.20-8.06, p = 0.02) and those smoking to reduce boredom in life (HR 1.68, 95 % CI 1.21-2.33, p < 0.01) were at highest risk.
conclusionMarked postcessational weight gain occurs less often than expected, but remains difficult to be predicted. Our findings might be helpful to alleviate weight concerns in the average smoker willing to quit.
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