ReviewAddictive behaviors2018
Postcessation weight gain concern as a barrier to smoking cessation: Assessment considerations and future directions.
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- Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults With Daily Cigarette Use: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- An Exploratory Analysis of Patterns of Weight Change in a Post-Cessation Weight Management Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Trial
- Impact of Weight Concern on Post-Cessation Weight Management, Smoking Cessation, and Program Engagement.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2024Trial
- Determinants of smoking related weight-concern in smokers participating in a community-based cessation program.Eating behaviors · 2023Trial
- A Mobile Health Solution Complementing Psychopharmacology-Supported Smoking Cessation: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Trial
- Associations between weight concern, bullying, cigarette use, and vaping among heterosexual and sexual minority female adolescents.Public health · 2026Article
- Salient cue reactivity and eating behaviors in ex-smokers, abstinent alcohol use disorder, and obesity.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Post-Cessation Weight Gain Across Smoking Cessation Therapies: A Review of Secondary Analyses from the ZESCA, EVITA, and E3 Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Impacts of stigma and discrimination on people with obesity who smoke cigarettes.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Article
- Challenges of smoking cessation in users of non-invasive stimulation technologies in Iran: a parallel convergent mixed-methods study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Eating Disorder Symptomatology Among Young Adult Cigarette and E-Cigarette Users.Substance use & misuse · 2024Article
- Relationship of cardiorenal risk factors with albuminuria based on age, smoking, glycaemic status and BMI: a retrospective cohort study of the UK Biobank data.BMJ public health · 2023Article
- Importance of self-weighing to avoid post-cessation weight gain: A secondary analysis of the fit and quit randomized trial.Obesity science & practice · 2023Article
- Chromatin architecture in addiction circuitry identifies risk genes and potential biological mechanisms underlying cigarette smoking and alcohol use traits.Molecular psychiatry · 2022Article
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- Tobacco withdrawal increases junk food intake: The role of the endogenous opioid system.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- The association between smokers' self-reported health problems and quitting: Findings from the ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Wave 1 Survey.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2019Article
- Weight concerns as a predictor of smoking cessation according to nicotine dependence: A population-based study.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2018Article
- Association between smoking cessation and weight gain in treatment-seeking African Americans.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeConcern about postcessation weight gain may be one potential barrier to quitting smoking. In this 'mini-review' of recent literature, we summarize findings on the relationship between postcessation weight gain concern and smoking cessation, and evaluate varied use of postcessation weight gain concern assessments and potential moderators of the postcessation weight gain concern-cessation association.
methodsWe conducted a search using the terms "smoking" OR "smoking cessation" AND "weight concern" for articles published between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2016. We identified 17 studies assessing postcessation weight gain concern, seven of which evaluated the postcessation weight gain concern-cessation association.
resultsThe relationship between postcessation weight gain concern and smoking cessation was mixed. Recent studies varied in their assessments of postcessation weight gain concern, many of which were not validated and assessed correlates of this construct. Studies varied in their adjustment of demographic (e.g., sex), smoking-specific (e.g., smoking level), and weight-specific (e.g., body mass index) variables.
conclusionsThe use of non-validated assessments and variability in testing covariates/moderators may contribute to conflicting results regarding the postcessation weight gain concern-cessation relationship. We recommend validating an assessment of postcessation weight gain concern, maintaining vigilance in testing and reporting covariates/moderators, and investigating trajectories of this construct over time and by smoking status to inform future assessment and intervention efforts.
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