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Strauss, R., & Mir, H. (2001). Smoking and #|weight loss attempts in overweight and normal-weight adolescents. International Journal Of Obesity & Related Metabolic Disorders, 25(9), 1381.

Facts:

 * 1) Adolescent teens use cigarettes to lose weight while their dieting.
 * 2) Smoking causes you to lose weight in 12 months, but it ruins your health.
 * 3) Weight loss was common in older people, because of the break down in their bodies.
 * 4) Teens are twice as likely to smoke to lose weight.
 * 5) There was no change in weight loss from non-smoking teens and smoking teens.
 * 6) Some said they were smoking to #|help lose weight.
 * 7) There was no difference in smoking between teens that did and didn't want to lose weight.
 * 8) Overall intake was worse in the teens who smoked.
 * 9) Smokers--trying to lose weight--were more than likely to drink.
 * 10) Smokers are 5 times more than likely to drink from stress.
 * 11) Teens would smoke more to try to lose more weight.
 * 12) Boys were less than likely to smoke to lose weight.
 * 13) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Adolescents enrolled into the program wanted to lose weight.
 * 14) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People don't realize that smoking causing you to lose weight is a guess; weight loss depends on the person and isn't seen in everyone.
 * 15) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teens looked added alcohol to smoking trying to lose more weight, but it only gave them little results if any.