Kicking Habit Adds More Pounds Than Thought
Updated: 2012-07-10 23:30:00
Smokers who successfully quit for a year can expect, on average, to gain more than 10 pounds over that time, researchers reported.
After manufacturing, a cigarette contains 20% expanded tobacco (tobacco puffed with carbon dioxide to be used as a filler), tobacco leaf stems, and reclaimed tobacco. 30% is made of reconstituted tobacco. The remaining 50% is tobacco treated with sugar to help cover up nicotine’s bitter taste, and to help enhance the absorption of the nicotine [...]