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Stop Smoking : Quit Smoking Symptoms
Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is serious business and one in which every possible technique and method and aid which can be rallied to one's support ..... 'Smoking may be injurious to your health' - All the cigarette packets have this printed in bold on their covers. But the fact is how many of us have noticed and thought about it.
Cigarette smoking has been attributed as one of the most important source of mortality around the world. Nicotine addiction is as hard to overcome as cocaine or any other lethal drug addiction. Most of the smokers all over the world today plan to quit smoking, but their addiction prevents them from quitting the smoking habit. Many of them associate smoking with so many social activities that it becomes extremely difficult to break the chains of smoking and lead a normal lifestyle.
Once the smoker has planned and is determined to quit smoking, he undergoes mental turmoil along with certain physical changes. These changes may continue over a period of time stretching across a few years.
Most of the smoking withdrawal symptoms will be gone within three weeks of quitting. For most people, the body reacts in the form of cravings, occasional headaches, indigestion, nausea, diarrhea and sore throats.
Due to sudden stoppage of nicotine supply, the brain tends to push the person to insomnia. As the body is deprived of the nicotine supply, there seems to be an increased appetite which might be a cause for weight gain in the long run. Weight gain can also be the result of less burning up of calories and increased snacking as something which replaces the earlier activities surrounding lighting and smoking a cigarette. As anxiety and depression run on due to quitting smoking, there can be lack of concentration and tiredness observed in the people who quit smoking.
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The first half an hour after quitting the cigarette, the pulse rate slows down and the blood pressure drops to normal. A wave of anxiety runs over after the initial quitting of cigarette smoking.
After two days of quitting, the body tends to invite the rejuvenation of the senses especially, sense of smell and taste. The bronchial tubes expand attributing to the increase in the oxygen intake and the shortness of breath diminishes.
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Quitting smoking not only gives fresh life to the lungs of the smoker but also to the people surrounding him/her.
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