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Cigarette Smoking, Nicotine, and Body Weight
Author(s) -
AudrainMcGovern J,
Benowitz NL
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1038/clpt.2011.105
Subject(s) - nicotine , context (archaeology) , obesity , clinical pharmacology , body weight , weight gain , smoking cessation , medicine , psychological intervention , pharmacology , psychology , psychiatry , biology , paleontology , pathology
Smokers generally gain weight when they quit smoking; this weight gain can lessen some of the health benefits of quitting smoking. We review the effectiveness of behavioral and pharmacological approaches to mitigating weight gain in the context of quitting smoking and consider mechanisms that could potentially account for the effects of smoking and nicotine on body weight. Understanding how nicotine affects body weight may lead to novel pharmacological and behavioral interventions for obesity as well as concurrent obesity and nicotine dependence. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2011) 90 1, 164–168. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2011.105