Weight change over eight years in relation to baseline body mass index in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers
- D. Lycett1,
- P. Aveyard1,
- M. Munafo2,
- E. Johnstone3,
- M. Murphy4
- 1UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- 2Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- 3Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- 4Childhood Cancer Research Group, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Objective
To examine the effect of body mass index (BMI) on weight change over 8 years in a cohort of continuing smokers and a cohort that quit and remained abstinent.
Design
8 year prospective cohort study.
Data Source
Participants smoking >15 cigarettes daily enrolled in a clinical trial of nicotine patch or placebo in Oxfordshire general practices and were reviewed 8 years later.
Population
832 male and female participants. Abstainers were 85 participants who …
