BMI and smoking: Interrelated factors among cessation website users

Jennifer Schindler-Ruwisch; Erik Augustson; Krystal Lynch; Heather Patrick

doi:10.5993/AJHB.39.3.5

BMI and smoking: Interrelated factors among cessation website users

Jennifer Schindler-Ruwisch, Erik Augustson, Krystal Lynch, Heather Patrick

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and smoking. Methods: Participants (N = 2243) provided demographic, height, weight, smoking information through a survey conducted on smokefree.gov and women.smokefree.gov websites. Analysis assessed associations among BMI, smoking day (CPD). Results: The average (SD) BMI of never, former, intermittent, and daily smokers was 26.3 (6.2), 27.9 (6.5), 27.4 (6.7) and 28.1 (6.8) respectively. Daily (31.2%) and former (32.3%) were more likely to be to be obese compared to never (22.0%) and intermittent (26.1%) smokers. Odds of being obese increased with number of CPD adjusting for potential confounders. Conclusions: Smokers may currently have BMIs similar to the general population. BMI and CPD were positively correlated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	330-337
Number of pages	8
Journal	American journal of health behavior
Volume	39
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.39.3.5
State	Published - May 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Body mass index
Cigarette smoking
Obesity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Social Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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