Archive for the ‘Smoking’ Category

• Study Explains Smokers Gain Weight After They Quit

  Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

  NEW YORK — Offering clues to why smokers often gain weight after quitting, a new study suggests that smoking enhances the activity of a gene that helps break down body fat. Researchers found that compared with non-smokers, a group of healthy smokers showed greater activity in a gene called AZGP1 in cell samples taken from [...]