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  • Title: BMI and smoking: interrelated factors among cessation website users.
    Author: Schindler-Ruwisch J, Augustson E, Lynch K, Patrick H.
    Journal: Am J Health Behav; 2015 May; 39(3):330-7. PubMed ID: 25898436.
    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 status, and cigarettes smoked per 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.
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