Tobacco and the Body

[vanZilla]

Does anyone know how long it takes to get the evil tobacco flushed out of the body / life ?

I've heard:

3 days to get it out of the bloodstream

3 months to get it out of the body &

3 years to get it out of the mind !

 

[kinabaloo]

Sounds about right.

It is not so much just flushing out the constituents, but allowing time for the bochemistry to re-normalise.

If this is your goal. you could try to cut down the nic while vaping quickly (it can work) but doing so over 3 months would be plenty of time to do so with minimal side-effects, i'd say.

 

[LilyBear]

I have heard from several people who have quit smoking (mostly members of my family or hubbys) that at the one year mark was almost the toughest point. I am not sure why that is a trigger but my father in law said he wanted a smoke at that point in the worst way. Hopefully vaping gets me past that point of needing to have that but not sure on this one as that seems a mind type of thing not a need. I am at 5 months of vaping 4 since my last smoke and so far so good not only do I NOT want one I sorta cannot stand the smell which in my book is a good thing as I cant see me craving it now.

 

[SnakeFarm]

Sometimes, quitting smoking seems like it makes you sick. Several well document "side-effects" of quitting smoking are:

*Coughing up phlegm
* Flatulence
* Dizziness
* Acne
* Fatigue

The thing is, most of these symptoms are actually signs of suppressed biological systems returning to normal. Microscopic hairs that move Phlegm out of your respiratory tract regrow and start bilging out the crap from you lungs... stuff like that.

An MD told me that quitters often get gas during the first few weeks because tobacco use kills benificial bacteria that live in your intestines. I don't know if it's true, but I like to think so, besides, when it happens, it gives me permission to speak of myself in third person.

 

[x1daydreamer6x]

It really depends also on how long you've been smoking tobacco. I was on analogs for maybe 4-5 years and have stopped with minimal discomfort (well, except for these damn quit zits!), but other's i've known who have been smoking for 20+ years are still clearing out there system after months or more.

 

[DaveP]

Sometimes it's better to let the ecig take the tobacco away. Lots of people on this board still smoke some cigarettes with morning coffee, after a meal, etc. I'm not saying start back so you can taper off, but if you have trouble quitting, there's always the taper method with the ecig supplying most of the relief.

It's easier to quit 6 a day after a period of time than it is to quit 40 a day cold turkey. 6 a day is much better than 40 a day.

This is your brain on nicotine.

 

[classwife]

Moved to Health, Safety and E-Smoking

 

[telsie]

Does anyone know how long it takes to get the evil tobacco flushed out of the body / life ?

I've heard:

3 days to get it out of the bloodstream

3 months to get it out of the body &

3 years to get it out of the mind !

I've read that it takes like 4 days for nicotine to clear out of your body, but I don't know how long it takes to get all the other chemicals in cigarettes out of the body. Physically, the roughest part for me was the first 2-4 months. After that, I experienced a lot of mental misery for many months (still do at times, but it's less frequent) that I'd never had as a smoker. So brain chemistry changes that take place after you quit smoking definitely vary by person. As for getting smoking out of my mind, I think it was around the 12-18 month point when I realized I'd lost any feelings of nostalgia about it. It's not like I never think about cigarettes, but I don't feel connected to them anymore.