2006-11-01 03:01:04 · 20 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Even indirectly
2006-11-01 03:05:43 · update #1
yes, it can help keep weight down, but there are much healthier ways to control weight. Tobacco use will either kill you or make you feel like crap.
2006-11-01 03:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by nn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I quit on 3/20/2006 gained 35 lbs so I would say yes. I never ever weighed this much in my life, even when 9 months pregnant. Never dieted or had weight issues when I smoked. But it's not worth going back to smoking :) Good luck!
2006-11-01 11:24:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anon2u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not the smoking that keeps your weight down but the fact that when you do smoke food doesn't taste as good and you lose appetite. That is why when some people give up smoking they get their taste back and eat more because the oral gratification is greater.
2006-11-01 11:22:05 · answer #3 · answered by blondie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, although it was touted as a diet aid in the 1920's. Some people who stop smoking will replace the physical sensations in the mouth with food of some sort which leads to weight gain. However, smoking in and of itself does not keep your weight down.
2006-11-01 11:04:42 · answer #4 · answered by uglygrandmother 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually, it does the reverse. It narrows arteries, blood runs faster, craving more nurishment . Then you substitute another cigareete for food until your hooked on the tobacco. Heart size increases to pump blood faster through the narrow arteries. Vicious cycle.
One which I'm caught up in. But now I have the weight and the habit.
2006-11-01 11:08:09 · answer #5 · answered by peter a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say no. It's mind over matter. If your going to smoke instead of eating, then yes you will loose wait. If it really does help keeping your weight down then why are there so many fat people smoking?
2006-11-01 11:14:11 · answer #6 · answered by chantelle d 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nicotine acts as an appetite suppressant and also changes the way your body metabolises fat. So yes, technically it does act as a weight loss solution, but factor in the various cancers you could suffer and the fact that you stink.
2006-11-01 11:04:46 · answer #7 · answered by nert 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, because instead of reaching for a bag of chips when you are bored, smokers reach for a cigarette. its not the chemicals in cigs that keep weight down, its more the habit part of it. most of us need something to "do" when we are bored or nervous, and nonsmokers tend to eat or drink to calm this need, and smokers just smoke. so nonsmokers gain weight and smokers dont.
2006-11-01 11:23:06 · answer #8 · answered by EllisFan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it doesn't but if you give up you will put weight on so if you do try and give up diet at the same time that's what i did and haven't had a ciggies for 2yrs 6 mths didn't put much weight on eather
2006-11-01 11:06:13 · answer #9 · answered by pogybear 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't speak for everyone, but I started smoking and lost eight and a half stone, so there must be something in it!
2006-11-01 11:03:18 · answer #10 · answered by ALEX K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋