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Quitting smoking is a hard enough task to accomplish as it is. But for some people, smoking cessation is accompanied by unexpected weight gain. This means a person needs to exert twice as much effort to say no to smoking because they will also have to work on avoiding too much weight gain.

One of the many effects it has on the smoker’s body is an elevated heart rate. A smoker’s heart rate is around 10 to 20 beats faster than a non-smoker’s. This increased beating of the heart speeds up metabolism in a way.

Another possible reason for why smoking quitters gain weight during the process is because a lot of people tend to substitute food for those moments when they want to pop a cigarette stick into their mouths and light up. And for other people, food serves as a pacifier for times when they feel depressed because of the nicotine cravings.