The role of weight concern and self-efficacy in smoking cessation and weight gain among smokers in a clinic-based cessation program

Article Abstract:

The prospective role of smoking-specific weight concern in smoking cessation and weight gain was examined among participants in a smoking-cessation clinic. Increased weight concern predicted weight gain at the end of treatment while weight concern did not prospectively predict smoking status. Lower levels of self-efficacy for preventing postcessation weight gain were related to a greater likelihood of weight gain. Weight gain was found to be related with subsequent relapse among abstainers.

Research, Smoking

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Self-concept changes over time in cognitive-behavioral treatment for smoking cessation

Article Abstract:

Cognitive-behavioral treatment in smoking cessation program impels changes in both the smoker self-concept and abstainer self-concept measures. The abstainers' smoker self-concept consistently decreases over time, while the abstainer self-concept increases with time. In contrast, smokers' smoker self-concept increases over time, while their abstainer self-concept fails to show any significant posttreatment changes. Implications for smoking intervention programs are detailed.

Analysis, Evaluation, Self-perception, Self perception

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Older, medically ill smokers are concerned about weight gain after quitting smoking

Article Abstract:

The study presented examined whether medically ill smokers receiving nurse-delivered home health care reported post-cessation weight concern as a barrier to quitting smoking. Results indicate that quitters had higher subsequent levels of weight concerns than continued smokers, suggesting that, even in the context of poor health and limited physical functioning, smokers are concerned about weight gain after quitting.

Sick, Sick persons

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