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People who quit smoking tend to gain weight, and obesity rates of former smokers are much higher than current smokers.

People who quit smoking tend to gain weight, and obesity rates of former smokers are much higher than currentsmokers. In 2001 for example, obesity rates for former smokers are 6 percentage points higher than currentsmokers. Over the past 30 years, adult smoking rates have fallen from 37 to 22 percent while obesity rates haveincreased from 15 to 31 percent. Some have suggested that falling smoking rates may be responsible for higherobesity rates. Given the information above, at most what fraction of the rise in obesity can be explained byfalling smoking rates?

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