That is very interesting...no messing one of friends is off the fags 6 years, she was always my dieting partner until about 3 years ago when suddenly she didn't need to diet anymore, she has a really lovely figure now and is pregnant with her 3rd baby in 3 years...my Mother , who will be 78 in August is off the fags 15 years...the last 10 years she has looked great and had no probs with her weight and she always struggled like me...