I have been smoking for about 10 years, and recently quit. I feel as if I am already sleeping better and I also feel that I have more energy. It has only been 5 days, but I really do feel better over all. Is it true that your lungs heal naturally and how long willl it take????
About a year, in two years they’re going to get about a clean as they’re going to get.
they never do. sure, you will breathe better but you have already done the damage.
It take 10-15 years for all of the side effects of smoking to disappear.
your lungs will never repair. you will lose the addiction twords smoking, but since you started smoking you pretty much f u c k e d up your lungs for the rest of your life. sorry but that is the truth, and it is your fault for that.
The health benefits of not smoking arise starting within 24 hours of quitting. Within about 10 years your lungs will have cleaned out all the tar; you retain an increased cancer risk for life, however (but not nearly as bad as if you were to continue)
that is not true, your lungs start to recover within minutes of your last cigarrette.
Immediate Effects
Even if you have have smoked for most of your life, there are a number of immediate improvements you’ll notice as soon as you quit smoking. People who quit notice that their food instantly begins to taste better and they can smell things they never used to smell due to changes in the delicate cilia and mucous membranes of the mouth and nose. Besides improvements in appetite, longtime smokers notice a long list of improvements of the course of the following years after quitting smoking. Twenty minutes after quitting, smokers’ blood pressure returns to normal and circulation of the hands and feed begin to return to normal. Within eight hours after quitting, carbon monoxide levels in the lungs decline to normal levels and within 24 hours, the risk for having a heart attack is similar to non-smokers. Two weeks to three months after smoking cessation, pulmonary functions improve by 30 percent and annoying symptoms like coughing, sinus congestion and shortness of breath begin to return to normal. Both your teeth and fingernails no longer look yellow and even things like climbing a flight of stairs becomes easier.
Benefits Over Time
One year after quitting smoking, abstainers’ risk for heart disease of coronary artery disease declines to half of that of a smoker. Ten to 15 years after quitting, abstainers’ risk for cancer of the mouth, throat, lungs, bladder, kidney and pancreas returns to that of someone who has never smoked.