The reason we gain weight when quitting smoking | Scientific minute

The reason we gain weight when quitting smoking. Smoking is responsible for the second highest death toll in the world, and While many smokers would like to quit smoking, they simply cannot. One of the main reason for that is that people who quit smoking rapidly gain weight.
In this video i describe how to microbiome is responsible for this effect.

This research was conducted by the lab of Prof. Eran Elinav from the Weizmann institute, Israel.

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Relevant Links:

Original research:
Gut microbiota modulates weight gain in mice after discontinued smoke exposure:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...

Study title:
Gut microbiota modulates weight gain in mice after discontinued smoke exposure

Study authors:
Leviel Fluhr, Uria Mor, Aleksandra A. Kolodziejczyk, Mally Dori-Bachash, Avner Leshem, Shlomik Itav, Yotam Cohen, Jotham Suez, Niv Zmora, Claudia Moresi, Shahar Molina, Niv Ayalon, Rafael Valdés-Mas, Shanni Hornstein, Hodaya Karbi, Denise Kviatcovsky, Adi Livne, Aurelie Bukimer, Shimrit Eliyahu-Miller, Alona Metz, Alexander Brandis, Tevie Mehlman, Yael Kuperman, Michael Tsoory, Noa Stettner, Alon Harmelin, Hagit Shapiro & Eran Elinav

Metabolic effects of smoking cessation:
https://www.nature.com/articles/nrend...

A paper on the link between smoking and cancer:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc...

Smoking rates in the last 100 years:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/sa...

Top causes form death worldwide:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/nu...

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