Some people, deciding to get rid of this bad habit, begin to think about whether to quit smoking after a long smoking experience or give up on everything and live as before. But the fact is that everyone should give an answer to this question for himself, focusing on all the pros and cons of getting rid of nicotine addiction.
Health and smoking
The main reason many smokers want to get rid of nicotine addiction is to maintain their health. Therefore, if you are still thinking about whether to quit smoking abruptly and then try not to return to this habit, you should find out how daily smoking of cigarettes affects our body and what consequences this can lead to.
- Smokers have an increased risk of sudden stroke or heart attack.
- Blood pressure rises significantly, which threatens the development of a number of diseases.
- There is an enormous risk of lung cancer or any other organ.
- From smoking to the most severe stages, many chronic diseases like stomach ulcers or bronchitis develop.
- There is a gradual decrease in visual acuity and there is a likelihood of developing glaucoma.
- Due to problems with the throat and digestive tract, problems can arise with the digestion of food, and even with swallowing it.
- Sex drive is reduced, there is a risk of impotence and loss of ability to conceive children.
Other reasons to quit smoking
In addition, if you are considering whether to quit smoking after 30 or more years of nicotine addiction, you should remember that there are a number of reasons for getting rid of this bad habit, in addition to taking care of your health:
- Smokers do tremendous harm to their near and dear ones who become passive smokers and who are threatened with the development of various diseases.
- The smoker's clothes become completely saturated with a nicotine odor, which is difficult for a non-smoker to tolerate and which is almost impossible to remove or even muffle.
- You can save a lot, since the average Russian smoker spends about 10,000 rubles a year on cigarettes, which it would be better to spend on something else.
- Thanks to quitting smoking, it will be possible to slightly prolong youth, since non-smokers later have facial wrinkles.
- You can extend your life by about 10-20 years and reduce the chance of becoming disabled long before old age.
Pros of getting rid of nicotine addiction
There are people who think: “I've been smoking for 10, 20 or 30 years, is it worth it to quit this habit or maybe not? But what if it doesn’t give anything, after all, for so much time there have been no special problems? " So, if you still do not know whether to get rid of a bad habit or not, let's look at the advantages of this process.
Already on the first day of quitting smoking, the risk of making a heart attack will slightly decrease, carbon monoxide will start to leave the blood, the nervous system will calm down, which will cause trembling in the hands, blood circulation in the palms and feet will improve, so that they will become 10˚ warmer C, as well as you can give yourself as much as six hours of life.
After a week of quitting smoking, a gradual restoration of the lungs begins, you can better taste and smell, and also extend your life for two whole days. And after a month of quitting smoking, your skin condition will improve, smoker's wrinkles will disappear, your complexion will be restored, your character will become calmer and more balanced, shortness of breath will disappear, your physical fitness will improve, and most importantly, you will be able to save a decent amount that you can spend on a present for your beloved.
Do you still think about the dilemma, is it worth quitting smoking after a certain length of dependence? Then analyze what advantages a year or more of giving up cigarettes will bring to your life. In just a year, your risk of developing any heart disease or oncology will be reduced by half, you will extend your life by three months, you will be able to pay your vacation with the money saved, and most importantly, it will become more likely that you will no longer smoke. Well, in the case of giving up a bad habit for a period of more than a year, your health will be fully strengthened, your physical form will be restored, you will always feel cheerful and contented life.
Cons of getting rid of nicotine addiction
However, in addition to the positive aspects of getting rid of cigarette smoking, there are a number of negative ones. Therefore, if you are thinking now whether to quit smoking or not, you need to analyze for yourself not only the pros of getting rid of nicotine addiction, but also the disadvantages of this process:
- Pain may occur in a particular organ or part of the body.
- The work of the gastrointestinal tract will be disrupted, that is, nausea, vomiting, problems with stools, loss of appetite or, conversely, its increase can occur.
- Immunity will decrease, because of which colds can become more frequent or body temperature will often increase.
- Efficiency, memory will worsen, and it will become harder to concentrate.
- Nocturnal insomnia can be replaced by drowsiness during the day.
- The character may sharply worsen, unmotivated aggression will occur, or depression will begin.
It is not necessary that all of these symptoms appear, but you should be prepared that the body in which nicotine has become part of the metabolism will acutely feel its lack. The duration of such manifestations can be from 2 weeks to a year, as a rule, with alternating exacerbations and improvement of conditions.
Should I quit smoking after 40 years of smoking
Those who smoke for several decades now are most worried about the need to get rid of a bad habit. And here, by the way, there is no unique answer, as in the case of getting rid of the habit of smokers with less experience. And the whole point is that it will be very difficult for the smoker's body with experience to change into a regime of the absence of constant ingestion of smoking products. So if you suddenly stop taking cigarettes in your hands, it can end very badly for a smoker, up to a serious weakening of immunity, due to which then the disease develops from the smallest seized infection or virus. Therefore, deciding to get rid of nicotine addiction, you need to quit smoking gradually, gradually reducing the number of cigarettes smoked, so that then you can completely abandon them.
Is it worth it to quit smoking abruptly during pregnancy
Getting rid of nicotine addiction is especially acute for pregnant women. No matter how much the representative of the fair sex smoked before, as soon as it turns out that she is expecting a baby, you should immediately forget about cigarettes. And you don’t even need to be afraid that a sharp cessation of smoking will entail severe stresses or various unpleasant situations, since smoking cigarettes will entail much greater problems for both the pregnant woman and the baby.
After all, if you do not quit smoking, this will lead to circulatory disturbances, deformation of the internal organs of the child, the development of various deviations in the fetus, and will also contribute to changes in the volume, structure and shape of the placenta, which will lead to metabolic problems between the mother and her baby.
Smoking cessation and alcoholism
Also, when thinking about the dilemma of whether to quit smoking abruptly, one should take into account the factor that sometimes, after getting rid of nicotine addiction, a person has a problem with alcohol. Simply put, if previously a person smoked cigarettes and thanks to this he could relax, now he cannot get rid of stress behind a cigarette, and he tries to suppress the discomfort with the help of alcoholic drinks. Therefore, to prevent this from happening, you should advance, before trying to quit smoking, to find your favorite thing that will give pleasure and give you rest physically and emotionally.
Quitting due to smoking cessation
Someone may worry that I’ve been smoking for 20 years, should I give up this habit, because after that there is a considerable chance of breaking, because of which the smoker becomes anxious, irritable, starts to get tired quickly, sweat a lot and constantly experience hunger.
Such withdrawal begins within an hour after quitting smoking, exacerbating on the 3-4th day, when the desire to smoke becomes unbearable, and all the symptoms are pronounced. Judging by the reviews of those who overcame nicotine addiction, one can get rid of it only by avoiding crowded places of smokers and a gentle rest regime.
So, having quit a bad habit, it is better to first sit at home, surrounded by relatives and friends, who will help to survive the first most difficult days of giving up cigarettes until the level of nicotine in the blood decreases. Sometimes unpleasant sensations can last from 2 weeks to several months, gradually decreasing in intensity.
Smoking Cessation Syndrome
Other experienced smokers may still think about whether to quit smoking after 40 or more years of continuous smoking, because this can cause us the famous withdrawal syndrome, due to which the head starts to hurt or become dizzy, the character will change for the worse and it will be difficult to concentrate. In such cases, it will be very important to get enough sleep, move more, do physical work, walk in the fresh air, and most importantly, give up coffee, spirits and any products that can provoke an increase in pressure for a while.
Tooth problems due to smoking cessation
An important obstacle for some smokers will be the occurrence of problems with teeth and gums, which can occur after getting rid of nicotine addiction. They may be thinking whether to quit smoking, if after that gums will bleed and their teeth hurt. And the answer here is only one: “Of course it’s worth it!”
After all, if after quitting smoking you have problems with your teeth, this will only indicate that you had them before, but due to nicotine and tar tar, the tone of blood vessels increased and a dark coating on the teeth formed, which masks the constant development of diseases . They will lead to serious problems as soon as the smoker quits smoking. Therefore, to avoid this, you should contact the dentist for the slightest problems with your teeth, at first use only a soft brush and toothpaste for sensitive teeth, and rinse your mouth with a decoction of chamomile, sage or oak bark.
Smoking problems due to smoking cessation
Some smokers report having trouble sleeping after they quit smoking. Here are some women who are worried about whether to quit smoking during pregnancy, if after that they will become worse asleep, and in the afternoon they will be constantly sleepy. This is due to a powerful emotional load that falls on a person and does not allow him to regain a healthy sleep. But here the main thing to remember is that this will not always be the case, and getting rid of insomnia or drowsiness can be done in a simple way by normalizing your daily routine, eating more fruits and vegetables and increasing the amount of time spent in the fresh air.
Smoking problems skin
Other women are worried about probable skin problems that they may have after they stop smoking. Actually, her condition worsens already during cigarette smoking, when she acquires an earthy color, becomes covered with wrinkles and yellow spots. And after the smoker stops smoking his prescribed norm of cigarettes, it is also covered with a rash and acne, which looks especially creepy.
Therefore, after getting rid of nicotine addiction, you should closely take up the restoration of the skin and your health, and then after a couple of months you will not remember any problems. And for this you just need to provide complex skin care with moisturizing, nourishing and regenerating cosmetics, as well as start eating right, undergo detox treatments and begin to lead an active and healthy lifestyle.
Feeling sick due to quitting smoking
But most often, especially smokers with experience, worry that they say we smoke for 40 years, is it worth it to give up this bad habit, because as a result the stomach will also hurt, and nausea may arise, and with immunity problems will begin, and more a bunch of health problems will come out. This is due to the fact that the human body is accustomed to the regular intake of toxic substances, they became inseparable participants in the metabolism, therefore, when they stopped entering, it began to rebuild to a different rhythm of life, due to which the blood sugar level would decrease more often, a change would occur in hormonal balance, intracellular metabolism and many other processes.
Therefore, to get rid of all these inconveniences, you should take up your health closely, visit doctors for advice, refuse to drink and consume too spicy or fatty foods, drink more boiled water and herbal tinctures, and also start taking vitamins.