How long does it take to recover from smoking cigarettes? -
How long does it take to recover from smoking cigarettes? -
Am I imagining this or have I read somewhere that if you stop smoking, after a certain number of years your body repairs the damage done and it-s as if you never smoked?The actual addiction is cured within 48 hours believe it or not. However, the psychological addiction will be a constant battle. Chantix has a wonderful reviews from the docs at the hospital. I also suggest carrying around dum dum suckers or something similar to curb cravings when you would usually smoke (i.e. driving)
But yes time does repair damage. I-ve included the timeline below.
Smoking cessation timeline - the health benefits over time
In 20 minutes, your blood pressure and pulse rate decrease, and the body temperature of your hands and feet increase.
Carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke reduces the blood’s ability to carry oxygen. At 8 hours, the carbon monoxide level in your blood decreases to normal. With the decrease in carbon monoxide, your blood oxygen level increases to normal.
At 24 hours, your risk of having a heart attack decreases.
At 48 hours, nerve endings start to regrow and the ability to smell and taste is enhanced.
Between 2 weeks and 3 months, your circulation improves, walking becomes easier and you don’t cough or wheeze as often. Phlegm production decreases. Within several months, you have significant improvement in lung function.
In 1 to 9 months, coughs, sinus congestion, fatigue and shortness of breath decrease as you continue to see significant improvement in lung function. Cilia, tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs, regain normal function.
In 1 year, risk of coronary heart disease and heart attack is reduced to half that of a smoker.
Between 5 and 15 years after quitting, your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.
In 10 years, your risk of lung cancer drops. Additionally, your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas decrease. Even after a decade of not smoking however, your risk of lung cancer remains higher than in people who have never smoked. Your risk of ulcer also decreases.
In 15 years, your risk of coronary heart disease and heart attack in similar to that of people who have never smoked. The risk of death returns to nearly the level of a non-smoker.You start recovering from day oneI read an article on the same thing, it said 7years, and your body would repair it self, I have got one more year to go, if the article was correct.depends how long you-ve been smoking for if you have been smoking for like 40 years theres no pointits after 10 years that your body acts as if youve never smokedI went through a program last year, and it is 8 years your body returns back to normal but you start feeling immediate benefits from quitting in as little as 72 hours. Within 2 weeks you have tons of energy, and feel so much better.I thought it was after 5 years your lungs fully renew themselves.This is true - the nicotine is out of your body in about 7 hours. After that your body is already working to eliminate the toxins from your body. Your lungs start clearing themselves out (often resulting in a cough). While this is going on you may experience headaches, anxiety etc - all withdrawal symptons. Next, your heart will repair any damage and yes, within a few years, you will eventually have the same risk of cancer as someone who has never smoked. Go the NHS quit smoking website and it will tell you all you need to know.How long does it take to recover from smoking cigarettes? -
How to stop smoking?? -
How to stop smoking?? -
i need to quit within the next 3 months,i smoke around 7/8 a day,any advice/experience will be very much apriciatedI quit smoking because I didn-t want to die or end up at the nursing home. There is no trick or gimmick that will help. Just stay away from people that smoke and you should be ok. Good luck.If you are on 7/8 a day then go down to 4/5, then 1/2. I have and on the verge of quitting.I used to be on over 100 per week and in 2 short months now on 1/2 a day (4/5 at weekends).
Good Luck.I am a first time cigarette quitter, below is what i do:
- Cold Turkey
- Although everyone recommend nicotine patch/gum, i don-t like them
- Drink A LOT and A LOT and A LOT of water, preferably 2 ltr per day minimum. Drink evenly don-t swallow all at once, about a glass an hour.
- Exercise, run 10 miles each day. --- JK, start from walking, slowly build your time up.
- Get a full body check up if you find anything unusual.
Depend how heavy you have been smoking, you will most likely experience the following:
- cough
- chest congestion
- depression
If you feel uncomfortable, go to doctor.Just don-t smoke. That-s how it works! honest, I-ve done it. You feel such a fool when you realise after all these years ..............You don-t need to ask any of us to tell you what to do. You know what to do yourself. It-s a question of whether you REALLY want to stop or not. There must be a very good reason for you to say that you needed to quit within the next 3 months. For the sake of whatever that reason and for yourself; with determination, just turn your back to that stick of weed. You know it-s good for yourself, it-s good for everyone. Most of all, you know it-s the right thing to do.Im trying to quit also, I found these tips that hopefully can help us.
Honey is the best food source that is rich in vitamins, enzymes, proteins and amino acids that helps dealing with cigarette addiction and helps in quit smoking.
Eating high alkaline foods also helps to quit smoking.
Mix fresh grated radish with 2 teaspoon of honey and drink it as a juice.
Chewing licorice stick is a safe and the best substitute for a cigarette and helps in quit smoking.
Drinking grape juice is the best drink that helps to quit smoking.
Orange juice is acidic in nature and the first step in quitting smoking as to eliminate the nicotine from the body. Drinking orange juice twice a day is useful.
Dissolve two tablespoons of baking soda also called sodium bicarbonate in a glass of water and drink this with every meal. This will help in quitting the habit of smoking.
Also there-s a web site I still gotta check out might help;
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/tobac-tabac…
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http://canadaonline.about.com/od/quitsmo…
when i give up drinking alcohol i drunk green tea that did the trick not sure if it work on smokingwear a pair of boxing gloves all dayjust stop, try not to think about it and tell everybody not to ask you how your doing with it, that-ll just make you think of them more.
good luckwell it depends on how long you have smoked you dont seem to be smokin heaverly so it should be easyer then some try patches, gum, and all the other stuff good luck!!\
remember say no if some one offers you a fagsend me your cigs? im running out... ;-)years ago I tried to quit with patches, that was no good
Last year I joined a quit smoking -course- ( see your doctors surgery) They put me on microtabs, They worked really well and I gave up for over a month, first time without a cigerrette in 37 years. Alas I had a relapse.. So I have gone back(last week) to the -course and they have given me some tablets. So fingers crossed
Good LuckThe secret is first to have your mind ready and it-s damn hard but if you just hold it for 4 days that-s all what it takes to be free from slavery and I say free from SLAVERY for good.
I personaly will advice you to fast(no food, no coffee, alcohol, sex, for 4 days and nights) then everytime you feel for a cigarette instead of burning one try to breath very deep as they do it in meditation cause you need oxygene in your lung and not poison.
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You can do it, I-m 100% positif about it.How to stop smoking?? -
How do i stop smoking the easiest way? -
How do i stop smoking the easiest way? -
well if you want to quit somewould say cold turkey, others would say that using the gum or patch. (in my opinion go with the gum. that way you don-t really realize that you are quitting somking. you will get your mind somking by chewing.start swimming it helped me,,easiest?
that would be by just thinking how essential your life for you
the rest will followStep 1 – Overcoming cravings
Being a smoker is like using crutches for so long that you think the crutches are a part of you and your own legs waste away, but when you stand on you own two feet again, the strength soon returns.
When people smoke more than half of what they breathe is fresh air - pulled through the cigarette right down into the lungs. So if you feel any cravings you can instantly overcome them by taking three deep breaths. Whenever you do this you put more oxygen into your bloodstream. This means you can use deep breaths to change the way you feel instantly and give you power over the cravings.
Step 2 – Why do you want to quit smoking?
Next, think now of all the reasons you don-t like smoking, why it-s bad and why you want to stop. Write down the key words on a piece of paper. For example, you get short of breath, it-s dirty and your clothes smell, your breath smells and it-s expensive, inconvenient and so on. Then, on the other side of the paper, write down all the reasons why you-ll feel good when you-ve succeeded in stopping. You-ll feel healthier, your sense of taste and smell is enhanced, and your hair and clothes will smell fresher and so on. Whenever you need to, look at that piece of paper.
Step 3 – Re-programme your thoughts
Next, we are going to programme your mind to feel disgusted by cigarettes. I want you recall 4 times when you thought to yourself -I-ve got to quit-, or that you felt disgusted about smoking. Maybe you just felt really unhealthy, or your doctor told you in a particular tone of voice -You-ve got to quit- or somebody you know was badly affected by smoking. Take a moment now to come up with 4 different times that you felt that you have to quit or were disgusted by smoking.
Remember each of those times, one after another, as though they are happening now. I want you to keep going through those memories and make them as vivid as possible. See what you saw, hear what you heard, and feel how you felt. I want to take a few minutes now to keep going through those memories again and again, overlap each memory with the next until you are totally and utterly disgusted by cigarettes.
Step 4 – What are the consequences if you don’t stop smoking?
It-s also helpful to really consider for a moment what the consequences are if you don-t stop smoking now, if you just carry on and on. Imagine it, what will happen if you carry on smoking. What are the consequences?
Next, imagine how much better is your life going to be after you-ve stopped. Really imagine it is months from now and you successfully stopped. Cigarettes are a thing of the past, keep that feeling with you, and imagine having it tomorrow, and for the rest of next week.
Step 5 – Breaking smoking associations
Also the human mind is very sensitive to associations, so it-s very important that you have a clear out and remove all cigarettes from your environment. Move some of the furniture in your house and at work. Smokers are accustomed to cigarettes in certain situations. So, for example, if you used to smoke on the telephone at work move the phone to the other side of the desk.
Step 6 – Take a break!
Smokers use cigarettes to give themselves little breaks during the day. Taking a break is good for you, so carry on taking that time off - but do something different. Walk round the block, have a cup of tea or drink of water, or do some of the techniques on this programme. In fact, if possible drink a lot of fruit juice. When you stop smoking the body goes through a big change. The blood sugar levels tend to fall, the digestion is slowed down and your body starts to eject the tar and poisons that have accumulated. Fresh fruit juice contains fructose that restores your blood sugar levels, vitamin C that helps clear out impurities and high levels of water and fiber to keep your digestion going. Also try to eat fruit every day for at least two weeks after you have stopped.
Also when you stop, cut your caffeine intake by half. Nicotine breaks down caffeine so without nicotine a little coffee will have a big effect.
Step 7 - Change your feelings
You were used to using cigarettes to signal to your body to release happy chemicals, so next we are going to programme some good feelings into your future. I-d like you to fully remember now a time when you felt very deep pleasure. Take a moment to recall it as vividly as possible. Remember that time - see what you saw, hear what you heard, and feel how good you felt.
Keep going through the memory, as soon as it finishes, go through it again and again, all the time squeezing your thumb and finger together. That-s right, see what you saw, hear what you heard, and feel how good you felt. Pictures big and bright, sounds loud and crisp and feelings strong. We are making an associational link between the squeeze of your fingers and that good feeling.
Okay, stop and relax. Now if you have done that correctly when you squeeze your thumb and finger together you should feel that good feeling again. Go ahead do that now, squeeze thumb and finger, and remember that good feeling.
Now we-re going to programme good feelings to happen automatically whenever you are in a situation where you used to smoke.
Next I-d like you to squeeze your thumb and finger together, get that good feeling going and now imagine being in several situations where you would have smoked, but being there feeling great without a cigarette. See what you-ll see hear and take that good feeling into those situations without a need for a cigarette.
Imagine being in a situation where someone offers you a cigarette and you confidently say -No thanks, I don-t smoke-. And feel good about it!STOP BUYING CIGARETTES!chew gum instead of smokeThis might be tough,but try my uncles way:
Buy a pack of cigaretes and smoke only 1 cigarette,then crush the rest of the cigarettes in the box(that-s the hard part). So if you want to smoke again you would have to buy another one tomorrow and do the same thing over again. Spending like $5 for 1 cigarette will soon get to you and hopefully you will stop.Try to say to yourself....-tomorow I-m gonna quit smoking-.And stop smoking from that day.It is a little hard the first week I tell you that it-s gonna work.It worked for meHow do i stop smoking the easiest way? -