title: Subtracting cigarettes without adding pounds.
abstract: Many smokers report that the greatest hindrance to quitting smoking is their fear of gaining weight. Everyone knows someone who threw away the cigarettes and picked up 30 pounds. Although smokers see their habit as socially unacceptable, they see obesity in a worse light. Good interventional skills and awareness of one's own habits can prevent kicking the habit from become a "weighty" problem.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012907:Smoking; D015430:Weight Gain