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3.29 Smoking and body weight
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Relevant news and research: Smoking and body weight

Leavens, E. L. S., Arnold, M. J., Nollen, N. L., Sanderson Cox, L., Brown, K. A. and Ellerbeck, E. F. (2025). GLP-1 receptor agonist indications and prescriptions among adults who do and do not smoke. medRxiv. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40832400


Chwal, J., Zadon, H., Szaflik, P., Dzik, R., Filipowska, A., Doniec, R., Kostka, P. and Michnik, R. (2025). Body Composition and Metabolic Profiles in Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Comparison of People Who Use E-Cigarettes, People Who Smoke Cigarettes, and People Who Have Never Used Nicotine Products. J Clin Med, 13. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40648833


Piirtola, M., Filippone, E. L., Ranjit, A., Kinnunen, T., Kaprio, J. and Korhonen, T. (2025). Associations of smoking status and leisure-time physical activity with waist circumference change-10-year follow-up among twin adults. Int J Obes (Lond). Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40581679


Tinworth, A. C., Iona, A., Yao, P., Millwood, I. Y., Fry, H., Clarke, J., Wang, B., Mazidi, M., Kartsonaki, C., Walters, R. G., Du, H., Yu, C., Chen, Y., Sun, D., Yang, L., Schmidt, D. V., Lv, J., Avery, D., Li, L., Bennett, D. A., Peto, R., Clarke, R., Bragg, F., Chen, Z. and China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative, G. (2025). GDF15 and its receptors as pathways mediating smoking related weight change. EBioMedicine, 105806. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40527012


Verma, M., Kapoor, N., Jaiswal, A. K., Kumar, P., Halder, P., Esht, V., Ahamed, W. M., Singh, O., Kakkar, R., Kalra, S. and Goel, S. (2025). Relationship between tobacco use and body mass index- a propensity score matching analysis of an indian National Survey. PLoS One, 5, e0323274. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40435358


Mestre, L. M., Zoh, R. S., Perry, C., Fukuyama, J. and Parker, M. A. (2025). Determining whether weight status mediates the association between number of cigarettes smoked per day and all-cause mortality among US adults who smoke cigarettes. PLoS One, 4, e0319560. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40305568


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


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