• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.8 no.9
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• pp.347-355
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to develop a formula for predicting weight gain after six months of smoking cessation in men. The subjects are 412 men who succeeded in quitting smoking for 6 months at public health center smoking cessation clinic. They have been undergone nicotine patch therapy and weekly counseling for 8 weeks. The final success of smoking cessation has been confirmed by urinalysis. I have measured body composition and vascular compliance before and after the program. Weight(0.98) and BMI(0.85) have shown high positive correlation. The prediction is as follows. Post Weight(kg) = 1.04636 * Pre-Weight - 0.19535 * Pre-BMI + 4.43528. The explanatory power of this estimation equation is 82.46%(<.0001). Based on these results, it is necessary to develop education and programs for effective counseling of the smoking cessation clinic. In addition, research on women is needed.