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Cigarettes & Weight Loss

Published Jul,18 2017 | By Barb Nefer

Cigarettes have a reputation for helping people lose weight, and it is common to gain some pounds if you give up cigarettes. This effect is related to both the cigarettes themselves and the physical motions of smoking.