Chapter 2 Trends in tobacco consumption
Chapter 3 The health effects of active smoking
Chapter 4 The health effects of secondhand smoke

Relevant news and research: Smoking and body weight

Duan, Y., Xu, C., Wang, W., Wang, X., Xu, N., Zhong, J., Gong, W., Zheng, W., Wu, Y. H., Myers, A., Chu, L., Lu, Y., Delzell, E., Hsing, A. W., Yu, M., He, W. and Zhu, S. (2025). Smoking-related gut microbiota alteration is associated with obesity and obesity-related diseases: results from two cohorts with sibling comparison analyses. BMC Med, 1, 146. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40059170


Aragiannis, D., Kasiakogias, A., Iliakis, P., Sagris, M., Tatakis, F. P., Manta, E., Andrikou, I., Konstantinidis, D. and Tsioufis, K. (2025). The Combined Effect of Smoking and Obesity on Hypertension: Implications for Clinical Management. Curr Hypertens Rev. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39950475


Kolbasov, L. A., Guy, A. A. and Murphy, C. M. (2025). Impacts of stigma and discrimination on people with obesity who smoke cigarettes. Addict Behav Rep, 100582. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39898114


Wu, M. C., Nfor, O. N., Liaw, Y. P., Su, Y. J. and Ho, C. C. (2025). Associations of cigarette smoking with general and abdominal obesity risks among men in Taiwan. BMC Public Health, 1, 649. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39962411


Li, Y., Mao, J., Chai, G., Zheng, R., Liu, X. and Xie, J. (2025). Neurobiological mechanisms of nicotine's effects on feeding and body weight. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 106021. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39826824


Xiong, H., Zhao, P., Ma, F., Tang, D. and Liu, D. (2025). The effects of interaction between smoking and abdominal obesity on pre-diabetes mellitus. Sci Rep, 1, 1332. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39779809


Earlier news and research

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