When am I supposed to start coughing??
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Odd, i had always heard that after 10 years of not smoking your lungs were back to pink and healthy...bummer if that's not the case.
It all depends if you quit on time or not (if they are just coated in tar and still pink underneath or if the tissue is damaged under there). My aunt waited until she was full blown COPD/emphysema. I think I may have been borderline after 20 years but there was no way I could keep smoking, I felt so terrible. I felt better the first week I quit and would feel even better if I wasn't vaping either....but we all make compromises, right? Bad lungs run in my family though, some people can handle alot more without as much damage...
I would imagine if your cilia completely regrow, you don't need to cough for it to come out. I don't know if vaping also fries them like cigs do. But if you feel better, something must be working right.
I'm new too, smoked 40 yrs pack+ a day, and coughed my head off every morning. So bad that I used to pull muscles in my back and side constantly. Two years ago doctor said I had 'chronic bronchitis'; I believe that too.
Bad lungs (COPD) also runs in my family. Been vaping two weeks now, 4 analogs in 2 weeks, and after 2-3 days of vaping my morning cough is next to non-existent now. It's amazing. I've slept better since night one. One of the main reasons I went to vaping was that nothing else worked for me (gum, patch, etc, etc) This worked.
And I love being cough-free. I'll never go back now.
But, that said, I do sometimes get a different, goopy, slight, very quick single mini-cough, and I wonder if it has anything to do with the PG? Wonder how much PG gets in the lungs. But still, no more morning coughing and hacking for me. Amazing.
Bad lungs (COPD) also runs in my family. Been vaping two weeks now, 4 analogs in 2 weeks, and after 2-3 days of vaping my morning cough is next to non-existent now. It's amazing. I've slept better since night one. One of the main reasons I went to vaping was that nothing else worked for me (gum, patch, etc, etc) This worked.
And I love being cough-free. I'll never go back now.
But, that said, I do sometimes get a different, goopy, slight, very quick single mini-cough, and I wonder if it has anything to do with the PG? Wonder how much PG gets in the lungs. But still, no more morning coughing and hacking for me. Amazing.
Odd, i had always heard that after 10 years of not smoking your lungs were back to pink and healthy...bummer if that's not the case.
You heard right, lungs can go back to pink and basically healthy. Improvement after quitting depends on what damage smoking has already done. If someone has something like emphysema there have already been changes that can't be reversed.
I'm just gonna stick with it and hope for the best. So right about now I'm enjoying a tasty apple vape, and thinking how nice it is to NOT be reaching for a cancer stick.
Can't say i coughed much when i switched to vaping, been 4 1/2 months now. But then i never coughed much when i was on analogs either.
I have to agree with a few other posters in this thread that i don't feel like my lung capacity is much better, but i have noticed my chest doesn't rattle or wheeze when lay down at night.
I was a pack or more a day for almost 30 years. Plus a good few years of smoking some other stuff too, but that was when i was a lot younger.
I have to agree with a few other posters in this thread that i don't feel like my lung capacity is much better, but i have noticed my chest doesn't rattle or wheeze when lay down at night.
I was a pack or more a day for almost 30 years. Plus a good few years of smoking some other stuff too, but that was when i was a lot younger
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from:
http://makesmokinghistory.org/quitting-smoking/benefits.htmlBenefits of Quitting
"After one to three months, the cilia (hair-like cleaning system) begin to recover and remove all that gunky mucous in your lungs, reducing the chance of infection (even if you never cough stuff up)"
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At 48 hours:
nerve endings start regrowing
ability to smell and taste is enhanced
The first year after quitting:
At 2 weeks to 3 months:
circulation improves
walking becomes easier
lung function increases
1 to 9 months:
coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decreases
1 year:
excess risk of coronary heart disease is decreased to half that of a smoker
Long-term Benefits of Quitting
At 5 years:
from 5 to 15 years after quitting, stroke risk is reduced to that of people who have never smoked.
At 10 years:
risk of lung cancer drops to as little as one-half that of continuing smokers
risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases
risk of ulcer decreases
At 15 years:
risk of coronary heart disease is now similar to that of people who have never smoked
risk of death returns to nearly the level of people who have never smoked
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lungs can repair themselves if you quit smoking... to a GREAT extent!
There is a LOT of healing... but you will never have the pretty pink virgin perfect lungs again. A lot of tar and crap does fall away and they do heal... but if you smoked a lot and for many years, some forms of damage are irreversible. On the upside... they may not ever become completely pink and pretty, but they work much better! You are shedding tar buildup once the cilia start doing their job again. If you are not coughing a lot, be happy! But it does make it's way out even if you don't notice.. Small traces at a time in the saliva.. You may then swallow it and it goes bye bye in other ways.
I have not been doing a lot of heavy coughing.. But if I make myself cough and spit in a tissue... I have seen the little brown specks. This happened to me once when I quit for two months years ago.. I have seen a little now.. but just because you are not seeing it, does not mean you are not shedding it. Your lungs DO heal... but you have already caused a lot of damage (the longer you smoked and the amount... the more damage) Some of it is not reversible. Some of it is
Best thing to think about is you have STOPPED causing damage. Now hug yourself for loving yourself enough to do this
http://makesmokinghistory.org/quitting-smoking/benefits.htmlBenefits of Quitting
"After one to three months, the cilia (hair-like cleaning system) begin to recover and remove all that gunky mucous in your lungs, reducing the chance of infection (even if you never cough stuff up)"
--------------------------------------
At 48 hours:
nerve endings start regrowing
ability to smell and taste is enhanced
The first year after quitting:
At 2 weeks to 3 months:
circulation improves
walking becomes easier
lung function increases
1 to 9 months:
coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decreases
1 year:
excess risk of coronary heart disease is decreased to half that of a smoker
Long-term Benefits of Quitting
At 5 years:
from 5 to 15 years after quitting, stroke risk is reduced to that of people who have never smoked.
At 10 years:
risk of lung cancer drops to as little as one-half that of continuing smokers
risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases
risk of ulcer decreases
At 15 years:
risk of coronary heart disease is now similar to that of people who have never smoked
risk of death returns to nearly the level of people who have never smoked
-------------------
lungs can repair themselves if you quit smoking... to a GREAT extent!
There is a LOT of healing... but you will never have the pretty pink virgin perfect lungs again. A lot of tar and crap does fall away and they do heal... but if you smoked a lot and for many years, some forms of damage are irreversible. On the upside... they may not ever become completely pink and pretty, but they work much better! You are shedding tar buildup once the cilia start doing their job again. If you are not coughing a lot, be happy! But it does make it's way out even if you don't notice.. Small traces at a time in the saliva.. You may then swallow it and it goes bye bye in other ways.
I have not been doing a lot of heavy coughing.. But if I make myself cough and spit in a tissue... I have seen the little brown specks. This happened to me once when I quit for two months years ago.. I have seen a little now.. but just because you are not seeing it, does not mean you are not shedding it. Your lungs DO heal... but you have already caused a lot of damage (the longer you smoked and the amount... the more damage) Some of it is not reversible. Some of it is
Best thing to think about is you have STOPPED causing damage. Now hug yourself for loving yourself enough to do this
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20+ years at a pack or more a day here.... I get that as well. If the goopy quick mini cough has little dark specks in it, or is just a bit brown in color... chances are it was a bit of tar shed from your lungs. Keep a tissue handy... and when you feel something like that coming on... cough into the tissue and check it out! (ok, I know that sounds gross)8-o
I have smoked for 35 years or so anywhere from 2 packs a day to more recently, 10 rollies a day.
started vaping in late Feb. and had my last smoke on 4/11/09.
everyone told me I would cough up "stuff" as part of my lungs healing... ummm, I'm still not coughing. not in the morning even.
should this be worrisome?
Sadly not noticing any increase in lung capacity yet and still get winded easily as well. hard to be excited about quitting when nothing seems to be different.
That was a LOT of damage.. it has only been a few months since you stopped.. Give it more time... The benefits WILL come
Post in this thread in 3-4 more months and update on your progress... Just don't give up!
Not trying to gross people out or anything, but it seems like this discussion is centered around phlegm or lack there of.
I've been a smoker for close to 10+ years, towards the end(just last week), I was down to a pack/day.
I noticed almost immediately that when I stopped(with the assistance of the patch, which I'm still using), I constantly felt fatigued and dizzy. Periodically I started to feel there were phlegm in my throat.
Being a curious guy by nature, I took a peak at the stuff I was coughing up. It's mostly saliva with some brownish specks to it. Something I assume is what others have noted to be cilia regenerating & the body rejecting some of the toxic stuff I had accumulated over the years. Keep in mind I don't/didn't do any drugs other than some social drinking of alcohol & chain smoking.
This was initially worrisome because I hadn't seen any mention of this kind of symptom from quitting cigarettes. I looked around the web and apparently many people go through this phase(for some it takes years to occur & get over).
Some advice I found was to drink a lot of hot/warm liquids to dissipate the mucus in your lungs. Tea apparently works for me. And the choice to either swallow or cough up this substance is fine either way. Someone did mention that coughing it up is probably best. I'm at a point where after 6 days without analogs, am feeling that my lung capacity has increased slightly and my breathing has definitely gotten better(none of that smoker's wheeze)
As for OP, I haven't vaped yet(still waiting on my items) so I don't know if vaping will prolong or delay the coughing. And since each person is biologically different, there's no telling whether or not you may be one of the fortunate ones that won't go through this annoying process. I do know that my grandfather who stopped smoking at around at 20 or so, still hacked up phlegm occasionally at age 70, to which he attribute to his past smoking. Good luck to you.
I've been a smoker for close to 10+ years, towards the end(just last week), I was down to a pack/day.
I noticed almost immediately that when I stopped(with the assistance of the patch, which I'm still using), I constantly felt fatigued and dizzy. Periodically I started to feel there were phlegm in my throat.
Being a curious guy by nature, I took a peak at the stuff I was coughing up. It's mostly saliva with some brownish specks to it. Something I assume is what others have noted to be cilia regenerating & the body rejecting some of the toxic stuff I had accumulated over the years. Keep in mind I don't/didn't do any drugs other than some social drinking of alcohol & chain smoking.
This was initially worrisome because I hadn't seen any mention of this kind of symptom from quitting cigarettes. I looked around the web and apparently many people go through this phase(for some it takes years to occur & get over).
Some advice I found was to drink a lot of hot/warm liquids to dissipate the mucus in your lungs. Tea apparently works for me. And the choice to either swallow or cough up this substance is fine either way. Someone did mention that coughing it up is probably best. I'm at a point where after 6 days without analogs, am feeling that my lung capacity has increased slightly and my breathing has definitely gotten better(none of that smoker's wheeze)
As for OP, I haven't vaped yet(still waiting on my items) so I don't know if vaping will prolong or delay the coughing. And since each person is biologically different, there's no telling whether or not you may be one of the fortunate ones that won't go through this annoying process. I do know that my grandfather who stopped smoking at around at 20 or so, still hacked up phlegm occasionally at age 70, to which he attribute to his past smoking. Good luck to you.
Me too, over 80 days, more than a pack a day and no coughing/lung clearing (but I never coughed when I smoked either).
I am at 80 days today and am not coughing at all either (I had been expecting it because of posts I have seen).
I was coughing a lot when I was smoking but not at all since I switched to vaping. I am amazed at how easy it has been.
I started with 18 nicotine and am now down to a 50/50 mix of 12 and 6. I have no cravings for tobacco...vaping tastes so much better (love the peach that Pure Smoker used to carry).
Whether I start hacking stuff up or not, I am glad to be off tobacco and thankful I found this alternative! I had tried to quit so many times and thought it was hopeless.
I was coughing a lot when I was smoking but not at all since I switched to vaping. I am amazed at how easy it has been.
I started with 18 nicotine and am now down to a 50/50 mix of 12 and 6. I have no cravings for tobacco...vaping tastes so much better (love the peach that Pure Smoker used to carry).
Whether I start hacking stuff up or not, I am glad to be off tobacco and thankful I found this alternative! I had tried to quit so many times and thought it was hopeless.
I've smoked for only two years, I know it vary's but I want peoples input
What's the chance that I'm still pink in my lungs?
What's the chance that I'm still pink in my lungs?
Well my first post here and also my first time at giving the "tobacco quitting" a full go.
It's my 5th day with zero tobacco. Just my ecig. And quite honestly the ecig barely gives me anything compared to what I used to get with tobacco. I still crave tobacco tremendously. Thanks for the info on the cillia and coughing up. I was curious why I wasn't coughing anything up either.
People told me that I'd be coughing up all kinds of junk including the kitchen sink during my first week. Haven't coughed up anything and my kitchen sink is still in tact. But I do feel more energetic the past 2 days.
It's my 5th day with zero tobacco. Just my ecig. And quite honestly the ecig barely gives me anything compared to what I used to get with tobacco. I still crave tobacco tremendously. Thanks for the info on the cillia and coughing up. I was curious why I wasn't coughing anything up either.
People told me that I'd be coughing up all kinds of junk including the kitchen sink during my first week. Haven't coughed up anything and my kitchen sink is still in tact. But I do feel more energetic the past 2 days.
I've been off of analogs for a week or so and have some coughing, though not near what it was when smoking. I sleep better. My wife says I all but stopped snoring at night. I wake up before the alarm and jump out of bed rarin' to go. The odd thing is my urine. It is orange. And I don't mean a little orange. It is flouresant, toxic waste orange. Anyone else having this phenomena?
I have not been coughing up anything either. I was a heavy smoker 2.5 packs a day for 34 years. Last cig was 46 days ago.
No coughing at all.
The one symptom I do have is shortness of breath. Not only when exercising - I can get short of breath laying in bed. It's not alarming it's just agravating. Not sure what's causing that.
I have a Doctor's appointment in 2 days - I'll see what he has to say.
Radsmachine - toxic waste orange has got to be something you're eating!!!
No coughing at all.
The one symptom I do have is shortness of breath. Not only when exercising - I can get short of breath laying in bed. It's not alarming it's just agravating. Not sure what's causing that.
I have a Doctor's appointment in 2 days - I'll see what he has to say.
Radsmachine - toxic waste orange has got to be something you're eating!!!
Runinlater, just curious..what did your Dr. say about your SOB? I am finding that too. No cough, but SOB as well.
I smoked 2 packs a day for over 40 years. I developed a bad cough after they changed to the fire ......ant paper. I was coughing all night & in the mornings, I usually had to throw up. After about 3 days of vaping, no cough at all. As far as analogs,I don't know how you guys do it. My first week, I smoke 2 packs & every one tasted worse than the one before. My last analog was on 6-5-09 & it tasted so bad I nearly had to pull over & hurl. Needless to say I didn't finish it.
I for one, feel sure I will never use tobacco again. This has been a godsend for me. I mainly use tobacco flavors & really think it taste better than any analog I have ever smoked. I've actually started enjoying my nicotine habit again. Do I get a bad vape drag now & then ? Sure, but how many times have I gotten a bad tasting analog?
I'm done with analogs!!!!! I'll go back to the gum before I ever smoke tobacco again. I think vaping is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I do hope I'm able to dail my nicotine down soon,but right now I could care less. I feel better,I'm not coughing,I don't smell like cigarettes & my wife will kiss me on the mouth again!
Good luck to all,
NB
I for one, feel sure I will never use tobacco again. This has been a godsend for me. I mainly use tobacco flavors & really think it taste better than any analog I have ever smoked. I've actually started enjoying my nicotine habit again. Do I get a bad vape drag now & then ? Sure, but how many times have I gotten a bad tasting analog?
I'm done with analogs!!!!! I'll go back to the gum before I ever smoke tobacco again. I think vaping is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I do hope I'm able to dail my nicotine down soon,but right now I could care less. I feel better,I'm not coughing,I don't smell like cigarettes & my wife will kiss me on the mouth again!
Good luck to all,
NB
I have been smoking 1-2 packs for thirty years.
Stopped 17 days ago and i have been vaping ever since.
I have no cough whatsoever, no phlegm, or catharr.
I do a lot of cardio though, and work out hard...
I was expecting to cough up liters of green brown gunk...and nothing...
F**** all!
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