Weight control measures help women stop smoking

An open randomised 16 week study of female smokers suggests that combining stopping smoking with an intensive weight control intervention helps increase success rates. Danielsson et al (p 490) studied women who had relapsed after previous attempts to stop smoking because of weight gain. All the women received nicotine chewing gum, and half were randomised to receive an intermittent very low energy diet. After 16 weeks, the success rates were 50% in the diet group and 35% in the control group. The rates of smoking cessation were maintained and were significantly different in the two groups after one year.

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