Health benefits of leanness blown away by cigarette smoke
...hat smokers of both genders tend to be leaner, and leanness is cardio-protective, says Lackland. We looked at 59 analytic groups within the 23 studies from around the world to examine whether weight control through smoking had any health benefits whatsoever as a means to reduce the risk of heart attack, or d...... healthy weight low BMI values generally indicate leanness and higher BMI values indicate being overweight. "In our study, men and women who drank the smallest quantity of alcohol one drink per drinking day with the greatest frequency three to seven days per week had the lowest BMI's," said first author ...