Ks. Hudmon et al., Eating orientation, postcessation weight gain, and continued abstinence among female smokers receiving an unsolicited smoking cessation intervention, HEALTH PSYC, 18(1), 1999, pp. 29-36
Predictors of weight gain following smoking cessation were assessed among 1
,219 female smokers enrolled in a health maintenance organization Women ran
domized to the treatment group received a cessation intervention without re
gard to their interest in quitting smoking. It was hypothesized that cessat
ion would result in subsequent weight gain and postcessation weight gain wo
uld be associated with scores on a modified Restraint Scale, the Disinhibit
ion Scale, and a scale assessing tendency to eat during periods of negative
affect. Persons who abstained from smoking over the 18-month study gained
more weight than did intermittent smokers and continuous smokers, and among
762 women who reported at least 1 on-study attempt to quit smoking, 36% ga
ined weight. Weight gain was associated with disinhibited eating and negati
ve affect eating but not with restrained eating. Weight gain also was assoc
iated with continued abstinence from smoking.