POST-CESSATION WEIGHT GAIN

NRL Research on Post-cessation Weight Gain

Women smokers and postcessation weight gain and/or weight concerns in women has been a major area of research in our Laboratory, resulting from two large projects (one funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the other-entitled "Fear of Weight Gain As A Barrier for Smoking Cessation In Women," funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), as well as several smaller projects. Our work encompasses disordered eating, body image disturbances, and "nonpathological" weight concerns that nonetheless can serve as a barrier to quitting smoking.

In addition, Dr. Cynthia S. Pomerleau is currently working on a book and website for weight-concerned women smokers, entitled Life After Cigarettes: An Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Managing Weight and Looking Great During and After Quitting. Information upon how to obtain this book will be posted on this website as soon as it is available. To receive an e-mail notification, send a request to niclab@med.umich.edu.

NRL Publications on Post-cessation Weight Gain

Pomerleau OF, Pomerleau CS, Morrell EM, Lowenbergh JL (1991). Effects of fluoxetine upon weight gain and food intake in smokers who reduce nicotine intake. Psychoneuroendocrinology 16:433-440.

Pomerleau CS, Ehrlich E, Tate JC, Marks JL, Flessland KA, Pomerleau OF (1993). The female weight-control smoker: A profile. Journal of Substance Abuse 5:391-400.

Pomerleau CS, Kurth CL (1996). Willingness of female smokers to tolerate postcessation weight gain. Journal of Substance Abuse, 8:371-378.

Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF, Namenek RJ, Mehringer AM (2000). Short-term weight gain in abstaining women smokers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 18:339-342.

Pomerleau CS, Namenek Brouwer RJ, Jones LT (2000). Weight concerns in women smokers during pregnancy and postpartum. Addictive Behaviors 25:759-767.

Namenek Brouwer RJ, Pomerleau CS (2000). "Pre-quit attrition" among weight-concerned women smokers. Eating Behaviors 1:145-151.

Pomerleau CS, Zucker AN, Stewart AJ (2001). Characterizing concerns about postcessation weight gain: Results from a national survey of women smokers. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 3:55-64.

Pomerleau CS, Zucker AN, Namenek Brouwer RJ, Pomerleau OF, Stewart AJ (2001). Race differences in weight concerns among women smokers: Results from two independent samples. Addictive Behaviors 26:651-663.

Zucker AN, Harrell ZA, Miner-Rubino K, Stewart AJ, Pomerleau CS, Boyd CJ (2001). Smoking in college women: The role of thinness pressures, media exposure, and critical consciousness. Psychology of Women Quarterly 25:233-241.

Saules KK, Pomerleau CS, Snedecor SM, Mehringer AM, Shadle MB, Kurth CL, Krahn DD (2004). Relationship of onset of cigarette smoking during college to alcohol use, dieting concerns, and depressed mood: Results from the Young Women's Health Survey. Addictive Behaviors 29:893-899.

Saules KK, Pomerleau CS, Snedecor SM, Brouwer RN, Rosenberg EE (in press). Effects of disordered eating and obesity on weight, craving, and food intake during ad libitum smoking and abstinence. Eating Behaviors.

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