Article: 'Tobacco diet' is a terrible way to try to lose weight

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Dr. Wallace -- I'm a 17-year-old girl who has not had a very exciting life because I'm about 25 pounds overweight. I've tried to lose weight by eating correctly and exercising, but I always cave in because it's a holiday, my birthday, or I'm invited to a banquet or something else to cause me to ditch my plan to lose weight. I guess I just don't have any willpower. One of my friends said her mother couldn't lose weight until someone convinced her to take up smoking as a way to lose weight. She lost 30 pounds in six months.

This might sound silly, but I would gladly start smoking if I were sure I could get the same weight ...

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