Can anyone tell me if  cigarettes help you lose weight?
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Nicotine reduces cravings for food through centrally acting receptors (the duration of action is not that long so you've got to have a 20 a day habit) and increases gastric motility. It is however not medically recommended and trying to give up means you get a lot hungrier and put it all if not more back on. Your husband is bigger than you I assume so needs more food. Also women tend to snack outside meals more often and exercise less. There is monthly variation in women's weight mainly due to fluid retention and the fat distribution is different and overall greater as a percentage for women.\n\nIt does not increase metabolism as another poster has claimed
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first, do NOT reduce the amount of cigarettes you smoke gradually.  that's just stupid.  the people at http://www.smokeawaysupport.com/index.php? helped me a lot, and will help you too.  half of them don't even use the product the site is for.  you need to stop full force, all at once.  www.lungusa.com also has good resources, and even a lesson/regimen on quitting smoking.\n\nthings that helped me were drinking lots of cranberry juice, to combat the sudden eratic changes in my body's sugar levels.  halving my intake of coffee, as caffeine has a stronger affect on those bodies that are recouperating from loss of nicotine.  mental imagery helped me a little.  i started doing some simple excercises instead of smoking.  a craving lasts less than 30 seconds, the mind just draws it out longer, and can be quenched with a glass of water as easy as a cigarette.
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Here are some facts from personal experience as well as other family/firends who have given up or tried to give up:\n\n1. your metabolism slows down, you can even feel your pulse slowing down when you give up. Temporarily, smoking a cig can accelerate your heart just a tiny-tiny bit.\n2. Food smells and tastes just the same, you just have a craving because you  are not smoking, so you want to substitute that craving with eating. Chewing gum doesn't work.\n3. You can retain more water when not smoking so you may appear 'fuller' too.\n4. Some friends of mine (including my mum) have put on upto 3 stones when giving up smoking (not by eating so much, it's just how their bodies reacted).\n5. Most supermodels smoke (as well as other drugs) to stay thinner. In the modeling world putting on even half a stone could wreck their career.\n6. Some people can actually manage to get back to their pre-quitting weight but not many.\n7. I managed to lose all the weight I put on after quitting but once I reached my pre-quitting weight I had to re-start smoking because the lowered intake of food was driving me nuts and the only way I could keep it down is by lighting up again. \nSometimes I stop for a year, sometimes for 10 months, sometimes for 4 years sometimes just 6 months but I always end up smoking again. Horrible!
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you quit smoking by not lighting up a cigarette and smoking it.  But, that can take several tries before it happens.  I quit 6 months ago for good, but the first time I quit was 10 years ago.  I also was afraid of weight gain, so I joined a gym the day I quit smoking.  I go every day, and haven't lost a pound.  HOWEVER, I didn't give up any foods, drinks, etc...I eat everything I want to (for now, until I feel like I can tackle that issue, too) and I just look at it like 'hey, I didn't gain any weight, either'.  I'm much more fit, and most importantly, I'm not scared everytime I have a pain that I'm gonna have a heart attack, or die from smoking.  All you can do is substitute your smoking with something healthy.  When you're ready, you'll do it.  I'd say good luck, but you won't need it.
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That would be Excercise, it can do both. Smoking won't help you loose weight, and it won't affect your period. It will ruin your lungs, put you at risk of cancer, stain your teeth, give you wrinkles, age your skin, put an unborn child at risk, make your clothes, car and  house smell bad,and many other unpleasant and dangerous things. Stop the cigs and do more excercise, your life will be much better.
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Some studies have shown that drinking in moderation may actually help prevent heart disease. No studies have ever shown any potential health benefits from smoking, and there are a lot of potential health problems caused by smoking.
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My goodness you are heavy. 99 kilogarms is the huge meat you have got. i lost 5 kilos, but before loosing that i gained 14 kilos by quitting smoking.  I had to restart smoking to control my increasing weight. But i wont suggest you to start smoking.  Its no way good!
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im 23 and had been smoking since i was 17. I now have a daughter and thought to myself one day that i would really like to live long enuff to see her grow up and have children of her own. So that was it i went cold turkey. Trust me u feel and look so much better and makes walking and running etc so much easier if u quit smoking. My face looks better and i can walk uphill without dying... I have been off the cigs for approx. 3 1/2 months and am noticing the positive effects already.. Good luck
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Not sure about their weight loss benefits. You'd be better off eating whole fruit, though - they have lots of fiber, which has more health benefits overall than juices. AND you'd get the same vitamins, too :)
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No, I heard that cigarettes have vitamin C in them.
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Long term, yes, it is definitely bad for your lungs, especially if smoked in the form of a joint.  There's really no consensus as to whether or not it's worse than cigarettes or not, because virtually no one smokes as much weed as smokers smoke tobacco.  Some carcinogens are more abundant, others more scarce.  Plus most tobacco has flavorings that create extra carcinogens.  A lot of weed heads smoke from a bong/water pipe, and that will lower toxins, and likewise some tobacco users will use a hookah which does the same.  Then there's the issue of how long you hold it in your lungs, etc.  Long story short, you can't be sure if it's worse than tobacco or not, but it sure as hell isn't good for your lungs, and I've known weed heads that were just as phlegmy and gross as your run-of-the-mill chain smoking cigarettes smoker.\n\nToxicity of the THC itself is very, very low.\n\nAmong the most sited claims for the problems with THC are the reduced sperm count (which I've generally heard is a transient, short-term effect), and the supression of the immune system which makes you more susceptible to sickness (which I've also heard is transient).  I hear a lot of arguments on both sides, and have even heard some people try to say that it boosts your immune system.  the problem is that most people who study the matter have an agenda, and hence they aren't entirely honest.  Worse still is the fact that no one is eager to report their use of an illegal drug, so you never know if you're getting honest statistics.\n\nI'd wager that a bigger problem than either of those is taht it will make you lazy and give you the "munchies," which means you can suffer weight gain and a sedentary lifestyle from extensive use of marijuana, which will cause serious healthproblems.\n\nThen there's the question of loss of short term memory.  It seems that the real loss of short-term memory is in the fact that you don't form memories as clearly *while* you're under the influence, and the drug stays in your system for a long time.  Hence, you will go a couple of days not remembering what happens quite right. I've not seen any eveidence of extensive loss of short-term memory function well after use of marijuana (but then, I'm no health professional).  As for it turing you into an idiot, I can't really say I believe it.  I've known a lot of surprisingly intelligent weed heads, and far to many for me to think it alone makes you dumb.  I'd wager that stupid people often have less to lose, and hence they are more likely to not care about the laws, and thus be more likely to use marijuana to begin with.  My guess is that it depends on what you do while you're high.  Some people do vapid an pointless crap, like watch a lot of Tv.  In that case, the issues in your mental acuity are probably the result of spending so much time doing nothing of any intellectual worth.  Others will do things a bit more mentally stimulating, like talk about philosophy, watch challenging movies, write poetry, play music, etc.  These seem to be the same people, in my experience, that are still incredibly bright despite use of marijuana.  I knew one guy in college who was extremely sharp, and actually used to do his engineering homework while baked--though this is very uncommon, since most people I've talked to say that reading when you're high is next to impossible.  I also knew someone who had about a 3.9 GPA at Berkeley, and would write his essays while drunk--and while I can't comment on the effects of trying to read or wrtie high, I can imagine trying to write drunk, and that sounds very difficult given my experience with drunkeness.\n\nAll in all, I think the worst problems with marijuana are the following: 1) it causes extreme paranoia.  This can precipitate schizophrenia in those predisposed to schizophrenia, and it becomes so intense in some that I have commonly heard this as a reaso
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CONGRATULATIONS ON QUITTING COLD TURKEY, ANS STAYING NICOTENE FREE FOR OVER 2 YEARS THAT IS REALLY A MILESTONE.\n\nEVERYONE DOES NOT HAVE YOUR WILL POWER AND DETERMINATION TO DO THAT, INSTEAD THEY BELIEVE THEY HYPE OF THE PATCH, PILLS, GUM ETC.  I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU SOMETHINGS YOU ARE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DO IT ON YOUR OWN. MY FRIENDS AND I WANTED TO LOOSE WEIGHT ONE SUMMER AND I WAS NOT VERY BIG ON PAYING A TRAINER TO HELP ME LOOSE WEIGHT BUT MY FRIENDS DID, SO I WORKED OUT ON MY OWN. WHEN OUR 3 MONTHS GOAL I HAD LOST A TOTAL OF 31LBS, AND THEY HAD ONLY LOST 12, 15, AND 19LBS, AND THEY WERE FUSSING ABOUT THE MONEY THAT THEY HAD SPENT. YOU COULD TELL THAT WE ALL HAD LOST WEIGHT BUT I WAS THE WINNER, LOL!. THEY ASKED ME WHAT DID I DO? I TOLD THEM THAT I JUST MADE UP IN MIND TO DO IT AND ONCE I GOT STARTED THAT WAS THAT, I WORKED OUT TWICE A DAY (EXCEPT FOR ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS), AND I DRANKED LOTS OF WATER.\n\nBOTTLED WATER: $4.99\nWORK OUT PANTS/SHIRT: $10.00\nNEW CLOTHES: $200\nTHE LOOK ON MY FRIENDS FACE WHEN THEY SAW HOW MUCH WEIGHT I HAD LOST: PRICELESS
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You can't do that and be healthy.  Most of the weight you lost would have to be water weight and you'd put that right back on.  Good for you for not smoking, but now you need to start exercising.  Try setting smaller goals.
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Maybe nothing. . .  Maybe lots of things.  It is all a crap shoot.\n\nSmoking has been known to cause low birth weight in babies, as well as miscarriages.  I know of women who smoked through their entire pregnancy and had perfectly healthy babies.  But I also know of some that lost their babies.  I didn't smoke during my pregnancy because for me, any chance of losing my baby was too much of a chance.\n\nIt isn't advisable to smoke during pregnancy, but if you have questions, ask your ob/gyn for the information.  They will tell you what's what, as well as give you some information on the topic.\n\nHope it helps!
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I hate to say it, but nicotine really is, that's part of the reason people gain weight when they quit smoking or chewing tobacco.
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Have you tried one of the online smoking cessation forums? Unfortunately, I have not been brave enough or smart enough, for that matter, to lay the cigs down but I know from others that these work. Not only do the sites give you information but there are chat rooms/bulletin board type forums where you can share the experience with others, who are in the same shoes. Good luck and WOW, only 1 yesterday and none today. Good for you!
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The only weight loss product that works is the one called "Diet & Exercise".  Everything else is 'snakeoil'.  Don't buy it.  It'll make you sick, rather than healthy.  If it worked, wouldn't it be on the front page of the Times?