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Weight loss from smoking
Not the right way to do it
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In a world where
losing weight has become an obsession, particularly among women, some women are ready to do almost anything to lose weight. A study conducted by Carrie Murray Carpenter of the
Harvard School of Public
Health, finds that some women actually smoked cigarettes because they believed that smoking (which is otherwise quite harmful to health), may help them lose weight.
(Related article: Stopping
smoking may also lead to weight gain)
Writing in the
medical journal
Addiction, Carpenter and her colleagues say that their study of tobacco company documents show a clear effort to find out what might make women want to smoke. The tobacco firms exploited this desperate wish among women to put appetite suppressants into cigarettes so they could promote them as
weight control products.
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 Losing weight should not be done by harming your body
While
lowering your body weight is a desirable goal to have and you will be in better health if your weight were in line with your lifestyle and height/age (a good measure is
BMI), it does not mean that you should try things like starvation and smoking to lose weight. Similarly, plastic surgery (e.g.
liposuction,
gastric bypass
surgery, tummy
tuck, obesity
surgery, etc.) is also not to be tried as a way to lose weight. There are healthier ways to lose weight. For instance,
dieting,
gradual portion
control, and exercising.
How to quit smoking?
I have discussed this before in the context of
dangers that smokers face when they undergo plastic
surgery, but it is possible to stop smoking if you have the desire to do it. Plus, there is help in terms of medications and mind
control.
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