@article{3152869,
    title = "Longitudinal changes in weight in relation to smoking cessation in
participants of the EPIC-PANACEA study",
    author = "Travier, Noemie and Agudo, Antonio and May, Anne M. and Gonzalez, Carlos and and Luan, Jian'an and Wareham, Nick J. and Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas and and van den Berg, Saskia W. and Slimani, Nadia and Rinaldi, Sabina and and Clavel-Chapelon, Francoise and Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine and and Palli, Domenico and Sieri, Sabina and Mattiello, Amalia and Tumino, and Rosario and Vineis, Paolo and Norat, Teresa and Romaguera, Dora and and Rodriguez, Laudina and Sanchez, Maria-Jose and Dorronsoro, Miren and and Barricarte, Aurelio and Huerta, Jose M. and Key, Tim J. and Orfanos, and Philippos and Naska, Androniki and Trichopoulou, Antonia and Rohrmann, and Sabina and Kaaks, Rudolf and Bergmann, Manuela M. and Boeing, Heiner and and Hallmans, Goran and Johansson, Ingegerd and Manjer, Jonas and Lindkvist, and Bjorn and Jakobsen, Mariane U. and Overvad, Kim and Tjonneland, Anne and and Halkjaer, Jytte and Lund, Eiliv and Braaten, Toni and Odysseos, Andreani and and Riboli, Elio and Peeters, Petra H.",
    journal = "ISRN Preventive Medicine",
    year = "2012",
    volume = "54",
    number = "3-4",
    pages = "183-192",
    publisher = "ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE",
    issn = "2090-8784",
    doi = "10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.09.003",
    keywords = "Smoking cessation; Weight gain; Cohort study; Europe; EPIC",
    abstract = "Purpose. We assessed the association between smoking cessation and
prospective weight change in the European population of the European
Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Physical Activity,
Nutrition, Alcohol, Cessation of smoking. Eating out of home And obesity
(EPIC-PANACEA) project.
Methods. The study involved more than 300,000 healthy volunteers,
recruited between 1992 and 2000 in 9 European countries, who provided
data on anthropometry and smoking habits at baseline and after a
follow-up of 5 years on average. Adjusted mixed-effects linear
regression models were used to obtain sex-specific summary estimates of
the association between the change in smoking status and the annual
change in weight.
Results. Smoking cessation tends to be followed by weight gain; when
compared to stable smokers, annual weight gain was higher in men (0.44
kg (95%CI: 0.36; 0.52)) and women (0.46 kg (95%CI: 0.41; 0.52)) who
stopped smoking during follow-up. When smokers who stopped smoking at
least 1 year before recruitment were compared to never smokers, no major
differences in annual weight gain were observed. The excess weight gain
following smoking cessation appears to mainly occur in the first years
following the cessation.
Conclusions. When considering the benefits of smoking cessation, such
findings strengthen the need for promoting cessation offering
information on weight gain control and support to weight-concerned
smokers in order to remove a barrier to quitting. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc.
All rights reserved."
}