Here’s a story of a man who used to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day. For his recent birthday, he decided to quit smoking and, expecting a reward for his resolution, he asked his wife for something that can go from zero to 200 in under five seconds. So his wife, not wanting to disappoint him, bought him a bathroom scale as gift.
For all its intent and purpose, the story is not just a valueless practical joke. It tells you about the relationship between checking out of the smoking habit and weight gain. The wife may have known that eighty percent of cigarette smokers gain weight after they quit smoking. And this can be a grave concern for those who finally want to stop smoking.
This finding puts a whole new twist to cigarette smoking as everyone who is hooked on the habit faces a Catch 22. You will have an awkward chance of choosing to continue smoking and wait for any of the various types of cancer to arrive or to stop smoking and uncontrollably gain weight then have hypertension or cardiac arrest. Either way, the smoker gets a one-way ticket to the dust bin.
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This post was written by Quit Smoking Now on October 12, 2007
