Chain smoker going to quit smoking cigs? -
hi im 18 years old and ive been smoking cigs just for a year since i was 17. Anyways i really want to be healthy and i dont want lung cancer or anything like that. Lets say i quit smoking starting now, how long does it take for my lungs to be tobacco free and healthy and clean again?
im not sure but here-s some info:
Nicotine is found in both tobacco leaves and smoke and is as addictive as heroin. One interesting fact about nicotine is how fast it moves through your bloodstream. After you inhale from a cigarette or other tobacco product, you retain 90% of the nicotine it contains. This nicotine travels in your bloodstream along with oxygen and will reach your brain in less than 10 seconds, affecting not only your brain and central nervous system, but also your hypothalamus and pituitary gland (meaning that is also affects your hormone system).
However, a few minutes later, the effects of the nicotine disappear. This is why many people who smoke, feel the urge to smoke more often to maintain the same results.
Did you know that since nicotine is absorbed into your bloodstream, traces of it can be found throughout your entire body -- even in your hair and eyes?
On another note, most American cigarettes are made from a lighter blend of tobacco which gives off an acidic smoke when burned, while other tobacco products (those used in pipes, cigars, etc.) use a darker tobacco which gives off an alkaline smoke. Why is this important? Well, the acid/alkaline balance (pH content) of the smoke will determine the amount of nicotine absorbed through your mouth when you smoke. Generally, the darker and more alkaline the tobacco, the more nicotine that gets absorbed through your mouth.
Nicotine is also unusual in that it can either be used as a stimulant to your body or as a depressant. When you take short, rapid puffs from a cigarette, the smaller amounts of nicotine stimulate your central nervous system causing you to feel charged up. However, when you take slow drags of a cigarette, the larger dose of nicotine slow your nerve impulses causing you to feel relaxed.
Therefore, a person who smokes can alter their mood very easily depending on the style of smoking they use. You can see how smoking can have so much power over you -- giving you the ability to control your moods. This is one reason smoking is so addictive.
7 years
You-ve only been smoking a year. YOu should be ok.
For longtime smokers, they say in three to nine months, the lung capacity improves by 10% so possibly much much better for you.
It-ll be years and years, like until you turn 60 for your lungs to look like the people your age who haven-t smoked just because by that time other people will have messed up their lungs with other things. On the other hand with in 20 minutes of your last cigarette your blood pressure return to normal, and with in 10 years your risk of lung cancer and other smoking related diseases drops to that of a non smoker.
hey, if you wanna quit, find a hypnotist... you may laugh at this, but someone i know who smoked for over 40 years quit cold turkey after seeing a hypnotist, after trying every other method
i dont ever think that the fix themselfs you already have dont the dammage but one year of smoking cant do a lot unless you smoke like 4 packs a day but just dont do more and you will b ok i think
after the last ciggarette you smoke your blood pressure drops closer to normal with in 15 minutes you receive immed benifits - and i cant remember what the exact length of time is but it probally wont be that long for you - most web sites go off of people that have smoked for 5 years - so your chances are probally less than normal - good luck
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I work at a gym and know all about this. Basically things start getting better as soon as you stop smoking. About 20 minutes afterwards your heart rate and blood pressure go down. Since you-ve only been smoking for about a year I-d say you would completely good. Plus, your young and your lungs will heal way faster than someone who is 40 and just quit. By the way im the same age and same situation as you.