Your Questions About Stop Smoking Now
June 15th, 2011
Donald asks…
If I stop smoking now, will my lungs ever recover?
I’m 16 and I’ve been smoking since I was 14.
It started off socially, like once a week but its only in the last year that its become a real habit.
I smoke around five a day, more if I’m with my friends.
I really want to stop, I know its difficult but it can be done.
I just want to know, is it too late or can my lungs slowly recover?
Werner Michael answers:
I also started smoking socially and quickly found I was becoming more and more ‘social’ even when by myself! I gave up smoking on 2nd July having smoked 20-30 a day for 15 years. After 5 and a bit weeks I feel so much better already. You will probably find that you cough a bit for the first couple of weeks -my breathing had never been worse! However, my lungs now feel so much better than they did when I smoked. And if you look at the timeline that someone else has posted here, you will see that in time your lungs will repair themselves completely. You can do it!
What is helping me is (a) I am using nicotine patches. I am not sure whether they really do anything or whether it is psychological but on the rare occasion that I fancy a cigarette I rub the patch! (b) find another addiction. Preferably not something else harmful though! I took up karate and kickboxing and while I couldn’t breathe at all even in the warmup when I started, I am now completely addicted, train 15-20 hours a week and want to get superfit asap so really have no desire to mess it up by smoking.
So go for it!
Susan asks…
If i stop smoking now, will running time improve?
so i want to run a certain distance and time, for saturday! i have run this same route today and recorded my time..
will there be any body change or difference , with breathing etc., in a short period of time?
or will i be worse, with withdrawl symptoms and such!
Werner Michael answers:
No, it takes time for the body to undergo changes. If you were training for an event it takes 2 weeks for the training to take effect. If you quit smoking, it would depend how long you had been smoking and how much you smoked daily but they say it takes a couple of years.
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