Does smoking make us dont want to eat?

cinderellaaa82
cinderellaaa82 Posts: 4
edited December 19 in Health and Weight Loss
I heard that smoking make us dont want to eat, is that true?
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  • waldo56
    waldo56 Posts: 1,861 Member
    Smoking can surpress hunger, or at least make it easier to ignore it when its there. One of the reasons that people who quit smoking usually gain weight, remove the appetite surpressant and their food intake increases.
  • benihanagirl
    benihanagirl Posts: 13 Member
    As a former smoker, I can sort of attest to what waldo is saying. For me, at least, I ate more when I quit because of the hand-to-mouth habit. Eating mimics that action WAY more than, say, just chewing gum. I don't eat much more overall now than I did when I smoked, so I'm pretty sure it didn't work as an appetite suppressant. (I once went to see a nutritionist to help me gain weight. She told me I should be trying to get at least 1700 calories; therefore, she was a little bit surprised when she looked over my week's food diary and noticed that I averaged over 2k.)
  • shbretired
    shbretired Posts: 320 Member
    I have a friend who smoked until she got COPD, she's now in her 30's gasping for breath.

    She disappeared from the gym for 1 month, after coughing until she cracked a rib.


    Don't smoke!

    Put Hemp Hearts on your food, it will make you feel full.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    it's true. You should totally smoke.
  • NewTeena
    NewTeena Posts: 154 Member
    A public health nurse told me that when you stop smoking your body needs less food because it is able to use more of what you take in. Made sense to me, I ate the same after I quit smoking as I did before, but after I quit I put on about 80 lbs.
  • mes1119
    mes1119 Posts: 1,082 Member
    Yea, because sacrificing your health in one way to improve another is completely rational and NOT counterproductive.
  • WillWorkout4Food
    WillWorkout4Food Posts: 94 Member
    Smoking can surpress hunger, or at least make it easier to ignore it when its there. One of the reasons that people who quit smoking usually gain weight, remove the appetite surpressant and their food intake increases.

    Sadly, I just added 5 pounds to my ticker after quitting. On the bright side, my stamina has improved and I feel 100 times better.
  • jenj1313
    jenj1313 Posts: 898 Member
    Smoking can decrease your appetite.
    It also makes you smell really bad.
    And causes or contributes to about a million other health problems.
    NOT a good diet tool.
  • BeachGirl6871
    BeachGirl6871 Posts: 24 Member
    i lost my best friend who died on march 9th to lung cancer... from smoking... she was 45 and went to the gym everyday. now she's gone all because of smoking... please don't smoke.
  • Perisylpha
    Perisylpha Posts: 139
    Smoking supressed my appetite but it's also killed many family members, all of them barely into their 60's. Don't do it, never start is my best advice. It's expensive, it stinks and steals life.
  • babyshme
    babyshme Posts: 310 Member
    Seeing as I am smoke free for a little over a week now. My answer is No. I still ate and ate a lot or I wouldn't be here. For over a week now, I am just as hungry as before. Only difference now is food taste and smell better than it did before.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Lung cancer, emphysema, and the inability to exercise because you lack the lung capacity is WAY better than being fat.

    /sarcasm

    Seriously OP, I hope you are not considering taking up smoking so you can lose weight. Just be patient and work hard. It's not worth it.
  • SassyCalyGirl
    SassyCalyGirl Posts: 1,932 Member
    I quit smoking on Jan 7th- I have not gained one single pound. :bigsmile:
  • Quasita
    Quasita Posts: 1,530 Member
    I'm not condoning smoking. I personally am a smoker, and I'm not looking for a lecture by admitting that... I just wouldn't recommend adding the habit as a way to curb hunger. You're better off drinking water and just eating.

    However, medically speaking, nicotine speeds up the metabolism. This is part of why people who smoke tend to lose weight... I'm sure if I smoked more than I do, I'd see this effect, but I couldn't do that.
    It doesn't make you want to stop eating... It can be used as a replacement, as I learned during bouts of anorexia, but it doesn't remove hunger. What it does is damper your taste buds so that foods are not as yummy as when you aren't smoking.

    Smoke enough, it'll make you nauseous, you won't want to eat then :P

    Oh, just as devil's advocate, not all smokers are going to see the same impact. I recently had bronchitis, and had a pulmonary function test done. While having bronchitis AND smoking off and on for over 10 years, my lungs work at 125% capacity, and the lung specialist actually told me that my smoking habit was pretty nominal. Not saying that it's a wonderful thing BUT there's a huge difference between smoking a few cigs a day, and smoking a pack or more.
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    :angry:
  • EDesq
    EDesq Posts: 1,527 Member
    I heard that smoking make us dont want to eat, is that true?


    Smoking CRACK WILL ALSO MAKE YOU SKINNY!!! You must be 3 to even consider this type of logic! Not only what smoking does to your HEALTH (Thought that is why one wants to lose weight) BUT also what it does to your looks! It will MESS your face and skin up!!! I have a friend who has smoked all of her life (she still has to watch her weight!), she is only 4 yrs older than Me but she looks 30 yrs. older! Frankly, I wonder sometimes how she goes outside with that face! Smoking does to the face what Meth does in a shorter period of time...BUT it is EASIER to quit Meth than it is to quit smoking once you are addicted>>>DO THE RESEARCH (says it is easier to kick a Heroin addiction than to quit smoking cigs!!)

    You will be a Fat, Cancer Ladden, Smelly, UGLY woman in about 10 -15 years! ANYONE who recommends to another person to smoke cigs is like someone convincing that person to have unprotected sex with a person with AIDS. What sane person says to someone, "Smoke" EXCEPT a Hatefilled, Self Loathing Person.
  • spammyanna
    spammyanna Posts: 871 Member
    I quit smoking on Jan 7th- I have not gained one single pound. :bigsmile:

    I quit smoking on August 11th, and didn't gain either. In fact, I lost.

    Smoking is horrible. And you shouldn't do it.
  • cmeade20
    cmeade20 Posts: 1,238 Member
    When I used to smoke I couldn't eat for awhile after a cigarette because of the taste in my mouth. The cigarette taste mixed with the food taste was awful.
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    I reap the benefits of smoking, without hurting my lungs by eating the tobacco. I still buy a pack every 3 days or so, but I eat the contents, rather than smoke them. I like to use the leaves in marinades and Italian dressing.
  • virtin
    virtin Posts: 8
    absolutely NOT. I smoked for 28 yrs, still ate, and got fat. If you dont smoke DONT start, its not worth it. I eat less now than when I was smoking.
  • SofaKingRad
    SofaKingRad Posts: 1,592 Member
    I love smoking. It was super hard to quit. Try drinking green tea or eating lots of veggies instead.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    Smoking is very unhealthy for you and I would urge you to not take this up in order to control your food intake.

    Alternatively, I'd recommend taking a hot steamy dump on your kitchen table. Let it sit there and be sure to close all your windows and doors so that the house gets nice and humid, fermenting the table-log. This should have the same appetite supressing effects as smoking, without the health concerns!

    Thanks, glad I could help and good luck OP!
  • skipresimont
    skipresimont Posts: 25
    I was a 2 pack a day smoker for the last 17 years, until 3 weeks ago and quit completely. I've lost 5 pounds since.
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    Smoking is very unhealthy for you and I would urge you to not take this up in order to control your food intake.

    Alternatively, I'd recommend taking a hot steamy dump on your kitchen table. Let it sit there and be sure to close all your windows and doors so that the house gets nice and humid, fermenting the table-log. This should have the same appetite supressing effects as smoking, without the health concerns!

    Thanks, glad I could help and good luck OP!
    ^^^This works, by the way. I tried it and look at how much weight I lost!
  • virtin
    virtin Posts: 8
    if its home grown tobacco, not sprayed with pecticides then it may be ok, but did you know tobacco contains over 5000 different chemicals, including cyanide. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/chemicals_smoke/index.htm. copy and past this link in your formula bar. :devil:
  • catattack13
    catattack13 Posts: 117
    find something else that "make [you] dont want to eat". maybe read some books about grammar! such boring appetite killers.
  • DB_1106
    DB_1106 Posts: 154 Member
    I'm not condoning smoking. I personally am a smoker, and I'm not looking for a lecture by admitting that... I just wouldn't recommend adding the habit as a way to curb hunger. You're better off drinking water and just eating.

    However, medically speaking, nicotine speeds up the metabolism. This is part of why people who smoke tend to lose weight... I'm sure if I smoked more than I do, I'd see this effect, but I couldn't do that.
    It doesn't make you want to stop eating... It can be used as a replacement, as I learned during bouts of anorexia, but it doesn't remove hunger. What it does is damper your taste buds so that foods are not as yummy as when you aren't smoking.

    Smoke enough, it'll make you nauseous, you won't want to eat then :P

    Oh, just as devil's advocate, not all smokers are going to see the same impact. I recently had bronchitis, and had a pulmonary function test done. While having bronchitis AND smoking off and on for over 10 years, my lungs work at 125% capacity, and the lung specialist actually told me that my smoking habit was pretty nominal. Not saying that it's a wonderful thing BUT there's a huge difference between smoking a few cigs a day, and smoking a pack or more.

    This might be the most ridiculous post I have ever read.
  • angieleighbyrd
    angieleighbyrd Posts: 989 Member
    I reap the benefits of smoking, without hurting my lungs by eating the tobacco. I still buy a pack every 3 days or so, but I eat the contents, rather than smoke them. I like to use the leaves in marinades and Italian dressing.

    I really hope that's sarcasm. Just because you aren't inhaling it, doesn't mean it's not doing any damage.

    *lights marlboro*
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    I reap the benefits of smoking, without hurting my lungs by eating the tobacco. I still buy a pack every 3 days or so, but I eat the contents, rather than smoke them. I like to use the leaves in marinades and Italian dressing.
    I really hope that's sarcasm. Just because you aren't inhaling it, doesn't mean it's not doing any damage.

    *lights marlboro*
    I'm bypassing my lungs, but reaping the benefits. It's the best of both worlds, really.
  • virtin
    virtin Posts: 8
    you"ve got that right. Fruits and vegetables taste so much fresher and the longer you dont smoke the fresher they will taste. I even LIKE things I never used to. Keep up the good the work.
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