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To: LindyBill who wrote (91642)	12/20/2004 1:07:33 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793800

I know this is true. I gained 40 pounds when I quit smoking. A big reason Americans are fatter and healthier, Dr. Williamson believes, may be the steep decline in cigarette smoking. If he is right, the rise in obesity is a classic case of unintended consequences - one of a long list of medical and public health interventions whose full effects could not be foreseen nytimes.com