I stopped smoking 5 months ago, after 20 years on 20 a day, are my lungs ever going to be pink and healthy? -
I stopped smoking 5 months ago, after 20 years on 20 a day, are my lungs ever going to be pink and healthy? -
to be honest, physically i don-t feel that different,I know that your lungs do improve. That-s part of the argument for quitting - your lungs do get better reducing your risks for diseases. I-m not sure about if they ever get to the point of a never-smoked person-s though. (And no, I-m not going to include environmental damage, since that would be relatively common to all still giving us all a pretty equal starting point on the pink and healthy scale.)Here are some guidelines for how your body improves overall:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/conten…
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Reverse…
I am really surprised you say you don-t feel any different. Are you sure? The improvement, like the decline while smoking, is gradual but I should think there would be a big difference by now. Do u still cough and wheeze as much? Do you get out of breath as easily? It takes up to 9 months to regain full lung capacity so u should be over half way there.
I am off the smokes since the 16.01.09 so less than you and I can deffo see a massive difference. I have taken up running and cycling and there is no way I could have done the distances I am doing now while I smoked, I could barely cycle 1 mile now I am doing 14 miles.
If you want to improve your lung capacity quickly start doing carido exercise such as brisk walking, running or cycling this will help clear and crap from smoking that hasn-t already gone.I-m not sure whether to be impressed or scared that you can see the colour of your lungs ;) I can-t see mine...
Seriously, if you-ve been smoking 20 a day for 20 years, that will have caused some damage, but given time it will get better. Our local GP produced a leaflet about what happens when you stop smoking (it-s in a box cos we-re moving house - sorry!), and your lung function will start improving fairly quickly. I can-t give specifics as mentioned above.
Whether they-ll ever return to pink is not known - as others have said, if you live in a city you-ll be getting a lot of traffic etc. pollution as well, which is also the same for non-smokers.
Congratulations on quitting though. Now stay off them. You will get better in time - it just takes longer in some people.
Good luck!i think most would say no, and that you-ll always have the effects like, short of breathe, a cough and a deeper voice
but arent cells continously replacing themselves? so maybe if you stay away from cigarettes for a few years your lungs will at least be healthier than they werei doubt that a none smokers are pink and healthy living in a city. you have probably done some damage, but they will be as healthy as they can be and will take time for your lungs to get to there optimum.
well done on stopping! my mums been trying to stop and she keeps going back on them.simple answer is no,although you have stopped smoking, well done. There are other chemicals in the air as well. Sorry.