Quitting tobacco can provoke excess weight gain, which should not be a reason for returning to the addiction, since everything is being corrected, reports AiF with reference to endocrinologist Elena Gubkina. According to her, smokers have slower absorption of food in the intestines than those who do not use tobacco. Hence, there may be a decreased appetite. When a person refuses to use cigarettes, the taste is exacerbated, which leads to weight gain. Lungs, pancreas, kidneys. The oncologist explained the role of tobacco in the development of cancer Gubkina advises, when quitting smoking, to exercise more, to approach the choice of food and consult a dietitian for weight control. Earlier in Russia, the sale of nicotine-containing products and devices for its consumption on the Internet was banned. Also, fines are introduced for the provision of hookahs in catering establishments. Now they are equated with tobacco products. Chairman of the Moscow Red Cross, President of the Union of Lawyers of Russia Igor Trunov on the air of NSN shared his opinion that only painstaking work will have an effect in the fight against smoking, and not fines and a ban.
