Quitting smoking cold turkey? Hello everyone
I have a question about the timing "to quit "....
http://www.stqp.org/quitsmokingtimeline. ... there is a link if you do not know what I mean.
I smoked about half a pack a day (8-12 cigarettes, more if I drank). This past Monday at 10 am, I had my "last cigarette" and "Cold Turkey. Since then I slipped up to four times (two by drinking two in a long car trip with other people who smoke - the two main triggers for me). 4 cigarettes a week is not so bad when I smoked four packs a week.
Anyway, I wondered, that the timing is-do these figures apply to the last time I smoked a cigarette (last 6 hours) or when I quit my smoking habit heavy (Monday 10:00)?
Thank you!
The timeline resets after you stop smoking, and the disease continues because the damage to the body is cumulative. No matter what you get when you stop completely.
great blessings to you to do this: I quit cold turkey, however, had to go drinking at the time because drinking and smoking "friends" are not at all interested in my health or had welfare.I to refurbish my life to have better health.
20 MINUTES
* Blood pressure returns to normal
Pulse returns to normal *
* Body temperature of hands and feet increases to normal
8 HOURS
* Level of carbon monoxide in blood drops to normal
* The oxygen level in blood increases to normal
24 HOURS
* Risk of heart attack decreases
48 HOURS
* Nerve endings start regrowing
* Smell and taste is enhanced
2 weeks to 3 months
* Circulation improves
* Walking becomes easier
* Lung function increases up to 30 percent
1 to 9 months
* Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue and shortness of breath decrease
* Pushing Cilia in the lungs, increasing their ability to handle mucus, clean lungs and reduce infection
* Body's overall energy increases
1 YEAR
* Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker
5 YEARS
* Rates of death from lung cancer for the average smoker old (one pack a day) decreases by almost half
* The risk of stroke is reduced to that of a nonsmoker five to 15 years after leaving
* The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat and esophagus is half that of a smoker
10 YEARS
* Rates of death from lung cancer is similar to that of a non-smoker
* Precancerous cells are replaced
* reduces risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, cervix and pancreas
15 YEARS
* The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a nonsmoker
Once you put your body in an IGC will be the envy of the anthers, i smoked 50 a day for 30 years, I went to Cold Turkey 16 years ago and never smoked again, I'm not bad all I had done enough damage to my lungs too last a lifetime.
ur the last one I guess keep up the good work
Posted on February 7, 2010.
