If I smoke cigarettes next week only, will there be any short or long term affect?
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Now, if I decide to have a few cigarettes for old times sake with my mates next week only, then quit and resume my gym workouts when I return, will there be any short or long term affects I should be conerned about?
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If you didn't have any withdrawal symptoms to deal with when you quit before? perhaps you won't have any if you resume using tobacco . . . other than that? Haven't a clue how it may impact you - all folks are quite different . . .
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No, except worrying that you'll keep on doing this and not really quitting...that's what I do!
I think you should just take a stand and NOT smoke. have no idea if there are any long/short effects but I do know that you have come this far to mess up! Be stronger than that!
only the possibility of becoming addicted again and all your hard work down the drain.
once you quit, you need to stay that way. starting up again and stopping is going to be very hard for you to go through! don't smoke anymore, it's for the best.
Honestly i would say you shouldnt do it at all.
But instead you could have an alternative like ciggars or something.
As far as affects go another week shouldnt hurt anything except people view of your commintment to quit and your gonna smell.
I have been smoking 12 years now, the effects are so many. High blood pressure, discolored skin,ugly lips and sore thoat, Plus its addictive. There is a many long line of Pulmonary Illnesses that we get from smoking, heart disease,lung cancer, (emphysema?) ulcers and many others. Psychological effects are restlessness mania.
Don't do it. The first one is going to make you nauseated and light-headed, you'll smoke another one anyway and then you'll be hooked all over again. If you've made it 3 months without smoking, for God's sake don't start up again!!!!
Other than the fact that you won't be able to stop?
It depends on how long and much you smoked before you quit. If you were a heavy smoker who has a long history of if, chances are after smoking for a week, you're almost guaranteed to go back to your old habits.
Even if you were a moderate or light smoker with a shorter history, the neurones in your brain are still likely to go crazy once they get nicotineand constantly need it and you may not be able to resume your regular routine of quiting. The chance is not as great like if you were a heavy smoker, but that is not a chance you want to take.
Rather than have a few cigs for old time sake, you should be an example to your friends. Even though you have realized that smoking is more or less certain death, your friends are obviously still smokers. You should set the standard for them, show them that smokers can quit and get their habits straight. There's no point in conforming to fit, even if it is just "for old times sake".
You probably wouldn't be able to stop. First it is just one, then why not another, and before you know it, you're hooked on them all over again. Maintain your progress and don't risk it, even for a week.
I don't see why on earth you would choose to light up again if you quit three months ago? Seems to me your health is not really why you are asking. I mean every cig you smoke damages your lungs and many other things. Personally if I ever can quit I hope I don't ask a question like this because I would hope that would be the end of it for life.
Well yes it still might affect you even if you just smoke next week.And yes i guess you should be concerned because even if you only smoke a few it is still affecting your lungs and the more ciggerattes you have the more days are tooken off your life!So no maybe you should only have one.
You just quit! Don't have a few for old times sake not only do you risk getting hooked again but you will undo some of your gained cardio endurance you gained by working out. I mean its hard enough to kick the habit in the first place!
The first time I quit I though I could just have one or two when in a social group but one or two would turn into three or four and before i knew it I was back to square one. Took my 3 times to quit.
And the health cons majorly out weigh any pros. What motivated me the most is my Dads diagnosis with throat cancer and my oncology studies at uni. Totally opened my eyes! I've seen patients struggling to breath with emphysema, gangrene feet, fungating cancers and cared for a loved one thorough chemotherapy and radiotherapy, twice.
Don't be foolish, you've made it this far, why take one step forward and two steps back?
Smoking is stupid.
You need new friends.
Smokers are losers. There is now so much evidence of the destructive effects of the dirty habit that the only people still smoking today are fools on the way down, too stupid or too weak-willed to get clean.
Hanging around with addicts cannot be good for you. Self-hatred and self-injury is sad. Smokers are pathetic. If they will not help themselves, don't go down with them. Dump them.
Trust me, you don't want to do it for old times sake. I have tried to quit several times and then just started up again. If you have gone this long, please don't start up again as it will be harder to quit again. I quit for 3 months one time so I know it doesn't work that way to be a one time thing. I just started all over again. You realize that it was an enjoyable thing that you missed and don't want to quit! I finally quit cold turkey at a time in my life that allowed me to ( I kept my self busy, we were in a middle of a big move, and it wasn't a routine thing so perhaps it helped me in the long run to break things up. I also told people that I quit and kept telling myself that too) But even after 3 years of being smoke free, I still felt like I wanted a cigarette from time to time, but I knew if I just had one puff, it would be all over. My husband still smokes and you would think that it would bother me. He respects the fact that I have quit (Now going on 12 years!) I still enjoy the aroma, but thank goodness have had the sence to say no. I smoked for 22 years. My mom has emphasema and my dad had a heart attack and died at age 66. My husband has had his carotid artery cleaned out twice on each side of his neck and had a heart attack at 43 years old. My SIL had her carotid artery cleaned out too. My FIL had lung cancer. They all smoked. Get yourself a box of raisins or healthy snacks or chew some gum. Just get yourself through it and tell yourself you are worth it and you will be glad that you did. Keep up with the cardio and weighlifting, It sounds like you want to be healthy. You can still do fun things with your friends. Perhaps you can even convince them to give it up too. Believe me, I enjoyed smoking when I did, which is why it seemed too impossible to quit. It is a mind set and although you might not be religious, ask the man upstairs to help you too! The addiction is bigger than many of us.
dude, with the amount you smoked ( being a light smoker), you probably suffer more damage and short term-long term effects from breathing all the smog and chemicals in the air!!
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