How many percentage reduction in cancer risk if a smoker converts from smoking to vaping? how soon? How long does it take for the tar to exit our lungs? once we have fully quit smoking, what sort of benefits do we expect? would we look less haggard? or the damage has been done and will not recover?
How long does it take for our lungs to recover after we stop smoking?
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When smokers quit What are the benefits over time?
20 minutes after quitting
Your heart rate and blood pressure drop.
(Effect of smoking on arterial stiffness and pulse pressure amplification, Mahmud A, Feely J. Hypertension. 2003:41:183)
12 hours after quitting
The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
(US Surgeon Generals Report, 1988, p. 202)
2 weeks to 3 months after quitting
Your circulation improves and your lung function increases.
(US Surgeon Generals Report, 1990, pp.193, 194,196, 285, 323)
1 to 9 months after quitting
Coughing and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) start to regain normal function in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce the risk of infection.
(US Surgeon Generals Report, 1990, pp. 285-287, 304)
1 year after quitting
The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a continuing smokers.
(US Surgeon Generals Report, 2010, p. 359)
5 years after quitting
Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder are cut in half. Cervical cancer risk falls to that of a non-smoker. Stroke risk can fall to that of a non-smoker after 2-5 years.
(A Report of the Surgeon General: How tobacco Smoke Causes Disease - The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease Fact Sheet, 2010; and tobacco Control: Reversal of Risk After Quitting Smoking. IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 11. 2007, p 341)
10 years after quitting
The risk of dying from lung cancer is about half that of a person who is still smoking. The risk of cancer of the larynx (voice box) and pancreas decreases.
(A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease - The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease Fact Sheet, 2010; and US Surgeon Generals Report, 1990, pp. vi, 155, 165)
15 years after quitting
The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smokers.
(Tobacco Control: Reversal of Risk After Quitting Smoking. IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 11. 2007. p 11)
These are just a few of the benefits of quitting smoking for good. Quitting smoking lowers the risk of diabetes, lets blood vessels work better, and helps the heart and lungs. Quitting while you are younger will reduce your health risks more, but quitting at any age can give back years of life that would be lost by continuing to smoke.
Last Medical Review: 02/01/2012
Last Revised: 02/01/2012
When smokers quit ? What are the benefits over time?
20 minutes after quitting
Your heart rate and blood pressure drop.
(Effect of smoking on arterial stiffness and pulse pressure amplification, Mahmud A, Feely J. Hypertension. 2003:41:183)
12 hours after quitting
The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
(US Surgeon Generals Report, 1988, p. 202)
2 weeks to 3 months after quitting
Your circulation improves and your lung function increases.
(US Surgeon Generals Report, 1990, pp.193, 194,196, 285, 323)
1 to 9 months after quitting
Coughing and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) start to regain normal function in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce the risk of infection.
(US Surgeon Generals Report, 1990, pp. 285-287, 304)
1 year after quitting
The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a continuing smokers.
(US Surgeon Generals Report, 2010, p. 359)
5 years after quitting
Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder are cut in half. Cervical cancer risk falls to that of a non-smoker. Stroke risk can fall to that of a non-smoker after 2-5 years.
(A Report of the Surgeon General: How tobacco Smoke Causes Disease - The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease Fact Sheet, 2010; and tobacco Control: Reversal of Risk After Quitting Smoking. IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 11. 2007, p 341)
10 years after quitting
The risk of dying from lung cancer is about half that of a person who is still smoking. The risk of cancer of the larynx (voice box) and pancreas decreases.
(A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease - The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease Fact Sheet, 2010; and US Surgeon Generals Report, 1990, pp. vi, 155, 165)
15 years after quitting
The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smokers.
(Tobacco Control: Reversal of Risk After Quitting Smoking. IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 11. 2007. p 11)
These are just a few of the benefits of quitting smoking for good. Quitting smoking lowers the risk of diabetes, lets blood vessels work better, and helps the heart and lungs. Quitting while you are younger will reduce your health risks more, but quitting at any age can give back years of life that would be lost by continuing to smoke.
Last Medical Review: 02/01/2012
Last Revised: 02/01/2012
When smokers quit ? What are the benefits over time?
How long is a rope?
It really depends on how long you've been a smoker, how much you smoked, you're local environment (there's more than just air we breath in), etc etc etc.
Anyways....within 72 hours you should have an easier time breathing, within 2-12 weeks you'll have dramatically increased lung function, and 1-9 months for the cilia to regrow/work properly. Cilia are the hairs in your lungs that pull/push mucous out and help protect you from infection. You'll have more energy and definitely look less haggard.
As to other benefits, there are a few threads here full of personal stories on how life has changed since we've stopped smoking. Some people have only stopped for a week, some for years, but we've all experienced the positive effects.
The human (and all animals/plants) body is an amazing machine. It can adapt and repair itself, sometimes completely given the right injury/circumstances. It may take a long time; I am looking at 25 years to have lung cancer risk down to that of a never-smoker. I don't know how accurate this chart thing is, but it definitely pushes the point that smoking causes long term serious damage, and it takes long term to repair from it.
It really depends on how long you've been a smoker, how much you smoked, you're local environment (there's more than just air we breath in), etc etc etc.
Anyways....within 72 hours you should have an easier time breathing, within 2-12 weeks you'll have dramatically increased lung function, and 1-9 months for the cilia to regrow/work properly. Cilia are the hairs in your lungs that pull/push mucous out and help protect you from infection. You'll have more energy and definitely look less haggard.
As to other benefits, there are a few threads here full of personal stories on how life has changed since we've stopped smoking. Some people have only stopped for a week, some for years, but we've all experienced the positive effects.
The human (and all animals/plants) body is an amazing machine. It can adapt and repair itself, sometimes completely given the right injury/circumstances. It may take a long time; I am looking at 25 years to have lung cancer risk down to that of a never-smoker. I don't know how accurate this chart thing is, but it definitely pushes the point that smoking causes long term serious damage, and it takes long term to repair from it.
I don't know but if you're vaping with nicotine,that still constricts the blood vessels right ?
Many things are. Vasocontriction is a drop in the bucket compared to the myriad of other health problems associated with smoking. Caffeine is a dilator/constrictor also, but there's is a "healthy dose" that won't cause ill effect in most people.
Given the choice between smoking and vaping, I'll take nicotine with (what I consider) a minor ill effect over smoking. In fact, that's the choice I already made when I finally stopped smoking and started vaping, something I was unable to achieve with traditional and widely accepted methods.
Given the choice between smoking and vaping, I'll take nicotine with (what I consider) a minor ill effect over smoking. In fact, that's the choice I already made when I finally stopped smoking and started vaping, something I was unable to achieve with traditional and widely accepted methods.
Nicotine is in a lot of foods we eat on a daily basis such as tomatoes and eggplant to name two. I understand the nicotine absorbed from vaping is even less than the nicotine from foods. Read the Health and Safety in this forum and it should answer your questions/concerns.
No, that can't be right, and I've never heard anyone say that.
We get very little nicotine from foods, but a pretty good amount from vaping.
Did you mean to say that the nicotine absorbed from vaping is less than smoking?
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