Smoking for weight loss?

This is yet another examle of the extreme measure we are willing to go to, sacraficing our lives for a hotter bod!
Despite the well-known adverse affects of smoking; cancer, breathlessness, yellow teeth, asthma, cough, death . . . many people, particularly women, continue or even take up the smoking habit as a means of weight control. Many who are current smokers fear quitting because of the usual 5-8 pound weight gain which accompanies losing the habit.
Because smokers, on average, are known only to weigh 5-6 pounds less than a non-smoker it is important to understand that an almost insignificant few pounds of loss or gain is meaningless in comparison to acquiring a life threatening disease and losing the breathing ability to maintain a healthy heart
Smokers: Stop smoking and only then can you actually breathe sufficiently enough to perform cardiovascular workouts! Workouts will not only improve your health but allow you to keep off those few terrifying pounds. Duh people.
http://www.http:/no-smoking.org/april02/04-30-02-1.html