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Astro Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Location: USA Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:17 am	Post subject: People Are Getting Fatter Because They Don’t Smoke Most everyone has heard America has a serious weight problem. In fact, says the American Obesity Association, about 125 million Americans are overweight; 60 million are obese. The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta has identified a number of causes for the nation's "epidemic" of obesity, but generally, the CDC defines obesity and overweight as an "energy imbalance" that "involves eating too many calories and not getting enough physical activity." Fast food has been identified as especially contributing to Americans' increasing waistlines. But, according to a report in Canada's National Post newspaper, there is another culprit: High tobacco taxes. --->Read More


altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:38 am	Post subject: That photograph is terrible... Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 10:15 am	Post subject: Quote: "Higher cigarette taxes and higher cigarette prices have caused more smokers to quit — but these smokers seem to have begun eating more as a result,” write Michael Grossman and Inas Rashad in the American public policy journal The Public Interest. I hear this often. Ex-smokers tend to eat a lot more after they quit smoking; as a result, they gain weight, get a heart disease and die quicker. This is pretty typical.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:30 pm	Post subject: Smoking is meant to be an appetite suppressant. The straight forward answer would seem to be stop smoking and stop over-eating, and do some exercise. Is it really that difficult? Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 10:58 pm	Post subject: Quote: Is it really that difficult? Well, apparently, it is because ex-smokers' gaining weight and dying from diseases he gets from over weight is not uncommon.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:03 pm	Post subject: It's all a question of will-power and self-restraint IMO. Maybe I'm not understanding enough to their situation as I've never smoked a cigarette and can't fully appreciate what the addicition might be like. Aaron

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Astro

Joined: 24 Jul 2004

Location: USA

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:17 am

Post subject: People Are Getting Fatter Because They Don’t Smoke

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Most everyone has heard America has a serious weight problem. In fact, says the American Obesity Association, about 125 million Americans are overweight; 60 million are obese.

The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta has identified a number of causes for the nation's "epidemic" of obesity, but generally, the CDC defines obesity and overweight as an "energy imbalance" that "involves eating too many calories and not getting enough physical activity."

Fast food has been identified as especially contributing to Americans' increasing waistlines. But, according to a report in Canada's National Post newspaper, there is another culprit: High tobacco taxes.
--->Read More

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:38 am

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That photograph is terrible... Shocked

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 10:15 am

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"Higher cigarette taxes and higher cigarette prices have caused more smokers to quit — but these smokers seem to have begun eating more as a result,” write Michael Grossman and Inas Rashad in the American public policy journal The Public Interest.

I hear this often. Ex-smokers tend to eat a lot more after they quit smoking; as a result, they gain weight, get a heart disease and die quicker. This is pretty typical.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:30 pm

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Smoking is meant to be an appetite suppressant.

The straight forward answer would seem to be stop smoking and stop over-eating, and do some exercise. Is it really that difficult?

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 10:58 pm

Post subject:

Quote:

Is it really that difficult?

Well, apparently, it is because ex-smokers' gaining weight and dying from diseases he gets from over weight is not uncommon.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:03 pm

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It's all a question of will-power and self-restraint IMO. Maybe I'm not understanding enough to their situation as I've never smoked a cigarette and can't fully appreciate what the addicition might be like.

Aaron

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