Is it true that if you quit smoking your lungs will heal and clear up within four years? -
Or does it take a longer or shorter period of time? Does it deppend on how long you-ve been smoking?
No. For a doctor to never be able to tell that you have smoked takes about 15 years. But everyday you don-t smoke is a good thing :)
Your lung never repair the damage it-s too great.
luke, a recent breakthrough research in medical science has just proved that doing research on rats causes cancer in them. This means whatever they have so far proved by doing research on rats or humans is all utter bullshit. Never believe the modern medical science.
In ancient medical practice, it was the patient who was treated and not the disease. By this we mean that for each individual patient, the effects and treatment should differ considerably. One should not treat a particular condition or cause, but the general well being of the whole person should be the objective and the method of treatment should focus on this.
I can show a number of cases of lungs heal and clear up (1) within four months after quit smoking, (2) four decades after quitting smoking and (3) not much considerable harm effects even without quitting smoking. I know a 82 yr old chain smoker
Depending up on what type of a body and mind you have got, your chances of having bad effects, healing and clearing up bad effects and overall effect on your well being from quitting/smoking differ considerably (it is ridiculous to generalize and come up with a general case for the average human being)
First question: no.
Second question: it depends on how long and how much you-ve been smoking.
Third question: yes.
hopefully when you stop smoking you will have more than 4 years left on your life
luke - the hype on smoking is the biggest non issue ever perpetrated upon us. It was designed to divert our attention by getting us too excited and angry to worry about other -real- issues. 300,000,000 people with 300,000 deaths from heart disease and cancer combined and most every one of these was within the maximum life span of humans. Go figure - and we have lots and lots more smoke and smog from other sources than if we all lit one up at the same time every instant of the day. Their figures have no logic or reason but you are supposed to be too stupid a sheep to see that. Let-s light these so called -experts- up.
In health class the teacher had us read on somking and i did say that if you quit your lungs will get better!!
20 minutes after quitting: Your blood pressure drops to a level close to that before the last cigarette. The temperature of your hands and feet increases to normal.
8 hours after quitting: The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
24 hours after quitting: Your chance of a heart attack decreases.
2 days after quitting: Your sense of smell and taste improve.
3 — 4 days after quitting: Your bronchial tubes relax and lung capacity increases, making breathing easier.
2 weeks to 3 months after quitting: Your circulation improves and your lung function increases up to 30%.
If you quit before pregnancy or during your first trimester: Your risk of giving birth to a low birth weight drops to normal.
1 to 9 months after quitting: Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) regain normal function in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce infection.
1 year after quitting: The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker-s.
2 to 3 years after quitting: Bladder cancer risk is halved; Cervical cancer risk is reduced.
5 years after quitting: Your risk for cancers of the mouth, throat, and esophagus is half that of a smoker-s.
5 years after quitting: Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker 5-15 years after quitting.
10 years after quitting: The lung cancer death rate is about half that of a continuing smoker-s. Your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decrease.
15 years after quitting: The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a nonsmoker-s.