Your timelines on the health benefits?
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For my work i often need to read legal scripts to customers, before i quit smoking i needed a short pause in the script. Within the first week i was able to complete the full script at once. Also my taste pupils are coming back to live, a steak now really tastes like i haven't eat it for a long long time now. I hit the flu so regarding the smelling part i can't give you any answers.
No more caughing up nasty stuff in the morning, no more stink (near immediate), cycling without needing to stop peddling , running up stairs... (2 weeks or so), taste buds, smell...(improving over 0-12 months)
Certainly hope no euro politicians gonna get in my way...
To be certain I stocked up enough pure nicotine to last me several years lol
Certainly hope no euro politicians gonna get in my way...
To be certain I stocked up enough pure nicotine to last me several years lol
When I smoked, I noticed more pain in my upper and lower back and degradation of my sense of smell and taste, something I used to rely on as I used to cook (and still do at home). Since I stopped smoking indefinitely and began vaping, my back pain has eased off (took a few weeks) and my sense of smell & taste began returning near immediately.
That said, I was never one to garner all the effects of smoking. The smell is inevitable, but in 10 years of smoking a pack a day, I never got the smokers cough, the winded feeling when running or walking etc. I got sick maybe once a year for 2-3 days max, but no major sickness in those 10 years (i.e. slight sore throat, maybe a 1-2 day cough, then I was over it in a week).
Smoking caused more progression of pain than anything and I'm not one to take pills or go to the doctor for something so minor, so I just dealt with the pain. I didn't want to swap on addiction for another, which is why I never took pills.
Fast-Forward, 10 years is behind me and now I vape. I run through about 2-4ml per day and I can breath much better, taste so much more (and use WAY less salt) and I feel much less lethargic.
That said, I was never one to garner all the effects of smoking. The smell is inevitable, but in 10 years of smoking a pack a day, I never got the smokers cough, the winded feeling when running or walking etc. I got sick maybe once a year for 2-3 days max, but no major sickness in those 10 years (i.e. slight sore throat, maybe a 1-2 day cough, then I was over it in a week).
Smoking caused more progression of pain than anything and I'm not one to take pills or go to the doctor for something so minor, so I just dealt with the pain. I didn't want to swap on addiction for another, which is why I never took pills.
Fast-Forward, 10 years is behind me and now I vape. I run through about 2-4ml per day and I can breath much better, taste so much more (and use WAY less salt) and I feel much less lethargic.
Wow thats a cool boss. My work gets all hissy about smoking so I decided to try vaping instead. I am waiting to get my first gear today, actually...killing time on here while the local post office unloads their truck. Then I can go pick it up and charge my battery.
As far as the benefits from not using tobacco, its quite a lot. Tobacco leeches heavy metals out of the ground, and as mentioned above in this thread has 4000+ chemicals in it. Its really unbelieveable all the junk in it.
A main component of tobacco smoke is some stuff called Benzo |A| Pyrene. I never looked up exactly what that is, but it sounds like plastic, doesnt it? No wonder smoking half a pack of Camels or Marlboro reds makes me feel like crap. Maybe someone who is an actual scientist can confirm this info on here.
Ages ago I read a book to see what chemicals are in Tobacco smoke, I found one called: Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Assessing Health Hazards and Risks. This was published in 1986 by some office associated with the US government. It was really amazing how much information was in that book.
Part of why tobacco/ETS (environmental tobacco smoke) is so bad for you is that it can contain what are called 'long lived polonium daughters' aka a radioactive decay chain where Polunium-210 is part of what you are inhaling. Then as the half life kicks in, it changes into other (I guess) isotopes in that decay chain.
But, I knew all this and yet like a dumb ..., I still smoked. I would like to stop using tobacco and to feel better.
So congrats to anyone who is kicking the Tobacco habit and good luck. It seems like this is an incredible support community so you can't possibly feel alone when or if you crave an analog smoke. And as an added bonus you can vape and enjoy that.
I don't know if there are zero risks to vaping. But compared to what little I know about tobacco and ETS, its (in my opinion) not nearly as dangerous.
Whoops: color me stupid, I had the title wrong. But I'd also read this book over 20 years ago and I got CRS (cant remember stuff). THIS is the title of the book: Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Measuring Exposures and Assessing Health Effects - National Academy Press, 1986 ...In case anyone wants to dig up a copy of it. Alibiris has em listed, $18 for the cheap one currently.
As far as the benefits from not using tobacco, its quite a lot. Tobacco leeches heavy metals out of the ground, and as mentioned above in this thread has 4000+ chemicals in it. Its really unbelieveable all the junk in it.
A main component of tobacco smoke is some stuff called Benzo |A| Pyrene. I never looked up exactly what that is, but it sounds like plastic, doesnt it? No wonder smoking half a pack of Camels or Marlboro reds makes me feel like crap. Maybe someone who is an actual scientist can confirm this info on here.
Ages ago I read a book to see what chemicals are in Tobacco smoke, I found one called: Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Assessing Health Hazards and Risks. This was published in 1986 by some office associated with the US government. It was really amazing how much information was in that book.
Part of why tobacco/ETS (environmental tobacco smoke) is so bad for you is that it can contain what are called 'long lived polonium daughters' aka a radioactive decay chain where Polunium-210 is part of what you are inhaling. Then as the half life kicks in, it changes into other (I guess) isotopes in that decay chain.
But, I knew all this and yet like a dumb ..., I still smoked. I would like to stop using tobacco and to feel better.
So congrats to anyone who is kicking the Tobacco habit and good luck. It seems like this is an incredible support community so you can't possibly feel alone when or if you crave an analog smoke. And as an added bonus you can vape and enjoy that.
I don't know if there are zero risks to vaping. But compared to what little I know about tobacco and ETS, its (in my opinion) not nearly as dangerous.
Whoops: color me stupid, I had the title wrong. But I'd also read this book over 20 years ago and I got CRS (cant remember stuff). THIS is the title of the book: Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Measuring Exposures and Assessing Health Effects - National Academy Press, 1986 ...In case anyone wants to dig up a copy of it. Alibiris has em listed, $18 for the cheap one currently.
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I didn't notice any health improvement so far (20 years smoking, 55 days vaping), though I was healthy and fit when I was smoking.
There are two things though:
1. Now cigarette smoke stinks, while everything else smells the same. Also I can smell cigarette smoke from very far away which is a bit of annoying.
2. My wife tells me that my breath doesn't smell that bad.
I quit mainly for the stuff that could happen later in life though.
There are two things though:
1. Now cigarette smoke stinks, while everything else smells the same. Also I can smell cigarette smoke from very far away which is a bit of annoying.
2. My wife tells me that my breath doesn't smell that bad.
I quit mainly for the stuff that could happen later in life though.
I was lucky. I smoked 35 years and didn't develop COPD, so I saw good a good recovery after I quit smoking.
-72 hours to one week: physical withdrawal symptoms end. No more dragon breath. Clothes don't stink.
-1 week: nasal passages begin to clear, but remain dry.
-1 week: vaping requires a significant increase in hydration.
-2 weeks: bronchial wheezing stopped.
-3 weeks: small decline in cigarette cravings.
-3 weeks: nasal passages begin to produce normal mucus.
-(anytime after quitting): teeth stay white after cleaning.
-2 to 6 weeks: senses of taste and smell begin to return.
-6 weeks: breathing improvements during exercise begin.
-6 weeks: improvement in libido and sexual response begin.
-8 weeks: big improvements in breathing with increased exercise.
-8 weeks: big improvements in senses of smell and taste.
-8 weeks: big decline in cigarette cravings.
-3 to 6 months: big improvements in all categories. Less need for additional hydration.
-3 to 6 months: adjust diet and exercise for weight gain (if needed).
-one year: cigarette cravings are few and far between. Huge gains in senses of smell and taste. Much better response to physical exercise. Cleaned car and house interior areas don't stink anymore.
I was lucky and never had a problem with much coughing and coughing up gunk after quitting. Your response may vary.
-72 hours to one week: physical withdrawal symptoms end. No more dragon breath. Clothes don't stink.
-1 week: nasal passages begin to clear, but remain dry.
-1 week: vaping requires a significant increase in hydration.
-2 weeks: bronchial wheezing stopped.
-3 weeks: small decline in cigarette cravings.
-3 weeks: nasal passages begin to produce normal mucus.
-(anytime after quitting): teeth stay white after cleaning.
-2 to 6 weeks: senses of taste and smell begin to return.
-6 weeks: breathing improvements during exercise begin.
-6 weeks: improvement in libido and sexual response begin.
-8 weeks: big improvements in breathing with increased exercise.
-8 weeks: big improvements in senses of smell and taste.
-8 weeks: big decline in cigarette cravings.
-3 to 6 months: big improvements in all categories. Less need for additional hydration.
-3 to 6 months: adjust diet and exercise for weight gain (if needed).
-one year: cigarette cravings are few and far between. Huge gains in senses of smell and taste. Much better response to physical exercise. Cleaned car and house interior areas don't stink anymore.
I was lucky and never had a problem with much coughing and coughing up gunk after quitting. Your response may vary.
That was almost immediate; I only got the "heavy chest" feeling at the end of a day of smoking, so it was pretty much gone right off the bat.
Sometime in the first two weeks.
Both are still improving, and I'd say they started getting better (a little at a time) in the first week or so. Now, the change isn't drastic, but I'm still noticing over time that things are getting better.
Libido, fortunately, has always been good. As to sleep, I think I'm sleeping better when I DO sleep (chronic insomnia, I work rotating shifts so sleep's always an issue) and I think I'm snoring less based on how my throat/mouth feels in the morning, but I don't have anyone to witness it for me.
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