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The causes of weight gain

There are two major causes of weight gain:

1. Nicotine-associated changes in your metabolism (body's food processing system).

2. Increased urge for food.

Nicotine-associated changes in metabolism

Nicotine brings about the release of adrenaline that stimulates the body to release more glucose in the blood. Nicotine also impairs the activity of insulin, whose function is to assimilate blood glucose into a form that can be stored in the body so that the blood glucose level is maintained constantly. Owing to nicotine-associated impairment in the activity of insulin and because of 38.