আপনি কি ধূমপান ছাড়তে চান? Fruits, Veggies May Help in Smokers Quit

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People trying to quit smoking are three times more likely to succeed if they eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, according to a new study.

Pubic health researchers at the University at Buffalo also found a diet rich in produce helps people remain smoke-free longer.

"Other studies have taken a snapshot approach, asking smokers and nonsmokers about their diets," Gary Giovino, chairman of the Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, said in a university news release. "We knew from our previous work that people who were abstinent from cigarettes for less than six months consumed more fruits and vegetables than those who still smoked. What we didn't know was whether recent quitters increased their fruit and vegetable consumption or if smokers who ate more fruits and vegetables were more likely to quit."

The study, published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research, revealed that smokers who ate the most fruit and vegetables were three times more likely to have not smoked for at least 30 days at the time of the follow-up call than those eating the least amount of produce. The researchers noted this was true even after they took into account the smokers' age, gender, race and ethnicity, education, income and motivation to be healthy.

The study also found smokers who ate more fruits and vegetables smoked fewer cigarettes daily, waited longer to smoke their first cigarette of the day and were less dependent on nicotine.

The researchers noted that fruits and vegetables worsen the taste of cigarettes, and that could help explain why they help smokers quit.

"It is also possible that fruits and vegetables give people more of a feeling of satiety or fullness so that they feel less of a need to smoke, since smokers sometimes confuse hunger with an urge to smoke," Haibach said.


"It's possible that an improved diet could be an important item to add to the list of measures to help smokers quit,"

Original source:University at Buffalo, news release, June 2012
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