A new study in the American Journal of Public Health followed over 4,200 twins from age 16 to their mid-twenties. The women in the study who smoked more than 10 cigarettes a day as teenagers were 2.5 times more likely to be overweight in their twenties than non-smoking girls. The effect did not hold true for boys.
"My hunch is that women are more likely to smoke for weight control in adolescence," said lead author, Professor Sherry Pagoto of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. "When people quit, they start snacking during those times they used to be smoking."
Labels: health, weight-gain, smoking
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