Side Effects of Stopping Smoking

Some of the Side Effects of Stopping Smoking and How to Avoid Them
By Jackie Winn

Quitting smoking is an important step for anyone who has ever picked up their first cigarette. Smoking is not good for you; you are inhaling nicotine as well as carbon monoxide and both of these components are bad for your health. It is important to keep in mind that when you choose to quit smoking, there are a number of potential side effects of stopping smoking that you need to be aware of and prepared to handle.

The vast majority of these negative side effects are physical, while there are some that can be considered to affect you mentally as well. For starters, you may have to deal with some mild depression symptoms or a slight saddened feeling. This is just one of the withdrawal symptoms of smoking cessation and it is the body attempting to get you to light up another cigarette.

There is also the possibility of developing anxiety. These anxious jitters can include all types of false fears brought on by withdrawal in an attempt to get you to pick up another cigarette and smoke it. Of course we cannot forget to mention the important bored feelings associated with not hanging out with your break time smoking buddies, or the loneliness that you may feel after quitting. You will also have to deal with being irritable; or rather those around you will have to deal with it. However, all of these negative side effects of stopping smoking will usually last only for about 72 hours, with that last day being the hardest. Once you make it past day three, it will get a lot easier to deal with the side effects and symptoms of cessation.

On the plus side, there are some positive side effects of stopping smoking that you may start to notice virtually right away. You will find that both your pulse rate and your blood pressure will return to normal levels after only 20 minutes. By the time that an entire 8 hours has passed since you quit, the levels of both nicotine as well as carbon monoxide are cut in half. At 24 hours, these two are completely gone from your blood stream and by the end of the second day you will find that things taste better and smell better too.

I am happy to say that after being virtually chain smokers my husband and myself both gave up smoking 12 years or more ago!

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