Association Of Body Weight To Smoking And Mental Health Differs By Gender
Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationSmoking / Quit Smoking
Gender has a moderating role in the association between body weight and both smoking and mental health, a new study concludes. Researchers found that relative to their healthy-weight counterparts, overweight or obese men were less likely to smoke, whereas overweight women were more likely to smoke. Data were collected from a statewide Minnesota telephone survey with a sample size of 16,289.
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