title: BMI and smoking: interrelated factors among cessation website users.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and smoking.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants (N = 2243) provided demographic, height, weight, smoking information through a survey conducted on smokefree.gov and women.smokefree.gov websites. Analysis assessed associations among BMI, smoking status, and cigarettes smoked per day (CPD).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average (SD) BMI of never, former, intermittent, and daily smokers was 26.3 (6.2), 27.9 (6.5), 27.4 (6.7) and 28.1 (6.8) respectively. Daily (31.2%) and former (32.3%) were more likely to be to be obese compared to never (22.0%) and intermittent (26.1%) smokers. Odds of being obese increased with number of CPD adjusting for potential confounders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Smokers may currently have BMIs similar to the general population. BMI and CPD were positively correlated.
authors.affiliation: BLH Technologies, Inc., Rockville, MD
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schindler-Ruwisch
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Augustson
authors.forename: Krystal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Patrick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*