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[clipperjay]

Well thought I would update. A month ago a found out one of my best mates has cancer from smoking and it is looking to be terminal. The day I found out I stopped smoking. Just stopped dead and also made my wife do it with me. After a couple of weeks I was totaly fine and not even craving anymore. Dwell really good in myself and have even started going to the gym pretty much every day. It took the shock of my close friends terrible news to make me realise how sucking on a rolled up bit of paper with crushed leaves in it isn't worth my life. It scared me more as he is the same age as me and I  only 33.
I have has the odd one here as there if I have had a very hard day and just had one off a mate but that is it and I'm no longer thinking about them or needing them.

I will just add though a week after I stopped I felt like crap. Almost like a very bad cold that seemed to last a hole week. A few of my mate that have given up smoking also told me they got ill after quiting aswell.
Did any of you notice this?

Smokers are less likely to catch colds and virus the reasons being the smoke itself kills off alot of germs and bacteria.
When you quit the new tissues forms in the throat and is more exposed and seceptable to germs and bacteria.
Hence the after quit colds.

I love smoking it wil be the death of me  
Plus watch the weight put on due to vitamins not getting destroyed by chemicals

[AudiA8Quattro]

Well thought I would update. A month ago a found out one of my best mates has cancer from smoking and it is looking to be terminal. The day I found out I stopped smoking. Just stopped dead and also made my wife do it with me. After a couple of weeks I was totaly fine and not even craving anymore. Dwell really good in myself and have even started going to the gym pretty much every day. It took the shock of my close friends terrible news to make me realise how sucking on a rolled up bit of paper with crushed leaves in it isn't worth my life. It scared me more as he is the same age as me and I  only 33.
I have has the odd one here as there if I have had a very hard day and just had one off a mate but that is it and I'm no longer thinking about them or needing them.

I will just add though a week after I stopped I felt like crap. Almost like a very bad cold that seemed to last a hole week. A few of my mate that have given up smoking also told me they got ill after quiting aswell.
Did any of you notice this?

Smokers are less likely to catch colds and virus the reasons being the smoke itself kills off alot of germs and bacteria.
When you quit the new tissues forms in the throat and is more exposed and seceptable to germs and bacteria.
Hence the after quit colds.

I love smoking it wil be the death of me  
Plus watch the weight put on due to vitamins not getting destroyed by chemicals

I don't think all of that is strictly true 
Colds and flu are much WORSE for smokers than non smokers.
I don't think it's the smoke that kills the germs, it's more the body will eject the poison when you actually completely stop taking it, so hence most people that quit get a really bad cough when they quit.
The body doesn't bother to eject the poison while you're adding to it.

[justalex81]

i've never been as ill as i have since i quit smoking. sinus infections, ear infections, flu. I also got sarcoid and my blood pressure went mental!

[clipperjay]

Well thought I would update. A month ago a found out one of my best mates has cancer from smoking and it is looking to be terminal. The day I found out I stopped smoking. Just stopped dead and also made my wife do it with me. After a couple of weeks I was totaly fine and not even craving anymore. Dwell really good in myself and have even started going to the gym pretty much every day. It took the shock of my close friends terrible news to make me realise how sucking on a rolled up bit of paper with crushed leaves in it isn't worth my life. It scared me more as he is the same age as me and I  only 33.
I have has the odd one here as there if I have had a very hard day and just had one off a mate but that is it and I'm no longer thinking about them or needing them.

I will just add though a week after I stopped I felt like crap. Almost like a very bad cold that seemed to last a hole week. A few of my mate that have given up smoking also told me they got ill after quiting aswell.
Did any of you notice this?

Smokers are less likely to catch colds and virus the reasons being the smoke itself kills off alot of germs and bacteria.
When you quit the new tissues forms in the throat and is more exposed and seceptable to germs and bacteria.
Hence the after quit colds.

I love smoking it wil be the death of me  
Plus watch the weight put on due to vitamins not getting destroyed by chemicals

I don't think all of that is strictly true 
Colds and flu are much WORSE for smokers than non smokers.
I don't think it's the smoke that kills the germs, it's more the body will eject the poison when you actually completely stop taking it, so hence most people that quit get a really bad cough when they quit.
The body doesn't bother to eject the poison while you're adding to it.

From a trained nurse!
The reason you're coughing up stuff, having a sore throat, ear issues etc... your cilia in your airway, which are tiny microscopic tubes that move mucous and saliva along, get killed by your smoking.  Ever had a cold when you smoked, and the smoking actually kind of seemed to make you cough less?  However, these little guys are able  to  regenerate.  So, when you quit, and they start coming back, of course they start working again, and start bringing all that crap that has been sitting in your lungs the whole time, and bringing it up to the surface
That Mucous spreads the cold and germs so indirectly the smoke kills the initial start up.

Alex here is why for you aswell!

[Steve_PD]

Well thought I would update. A month ago a found out one of my best mates has cancer from smoking and it is looking to be terminal. The day I found out I stopped smoking. Just stopped dead and also made my wife do it with me. After a couple of weeks I was totaly fine and not even craving anymore. Dwell really good in myself and have even started going to the gym pretty much every day. It took the shock of my close friends terrible news to make me realise how sucking on a rolled up bit of paper with crushed leaves in it isn't worth my life. It scared me more as he is the same age as me and I  only 33.
I have has the odd one here as there if I have had a very hard day and just had one off a mate but that is it and I'm no longer thinking about them or needing them.

I will just add though a week after I stopped I felt like crap. Almost like a very bad cold that seemed to last a hole week. A few of my mate that have given up smoking also told me they got ill after quiting aswell.
Did any of you notice this?

Smokers are less likely to catch colds and virus the reasons being the smoke itself kills off alot of germs and bacteria.
When you quit the new tissues forms in the throat and is more exposed and seceptable to germs and bacteria.
Hence the after quit colds.

I love smoking it wil be the death of me  
Plus watch the weight put on due to vitamins not getting destroyed by chemicals

I don't think all of that is strictly true 
Colds and flu are much WORSE for smokers than non smokers.
I don't think it's the smoke that kills the germs, it's more the body will eject the poison when you actually completely stop taking it, so hence most people that quit get a really bad cough when they quit.
The body doesn't bother to eject the poison while you're adding to it.

Your a non smoker aren't you?

[JC]

no coughs for me

no weight gain for me

no illness for me

I have even cut down on the booze too 

[clipperjay]

no coughs for me

no weight gain for me

no illness for me

I have even cut down on the booze too 

I don't drink since I was 18 and best decision of my life, I would not be here if I still drank 

[Steve_PD]

no coughs for me

no weight gain for me

no illness for me

I have even cut down on the booze too 

Must not post

[AudiA8Quattro]

Well thought I would update. A month ago a found out one of my best mates has cancer from smoking and it is looking to be terminal. The day I found out I stopped smoking. Just stopped dead and also made my wife do it with me. After a couple of weeks I was totaly fine and not even craving anymore. Dwell really good in myself and have even started going to the gym pretty much every day. It took the shock of my close friends terrible news to make me realise how sucking on a rolled up bit of paper with crushed leaves in it isn't worth my life. It scared me more as he is the same age as me and I  only 33.
I have has the odd one here as there if I have had a very hard day and just had one off a mate but that is it and I'm no longer thinking about them or needing them.

I will just add though a week after I stopped I felt like crap. Almost like a very bad cold that seemed to last a hole week. A few of my mate that have given up smoking also told me they got ill after quiting aswell.
Did any of you notice this?

Smokers are less likely to catch colds and virus the reasons being the smoke itself kills off alot of germs and bacteria.
When you quit the new tissues forms in the throat and is more exposed and seceptable to germs and bacteria.
Hence the after quit colds.

I love smoking it wil be the death of me  
Plus watch the weight put on due to vitamins not getting destroyed by chemicals

I don't think all of that is strictly true 
Colds and flu are much WORSE for smokers than non smokers.
I don't think it's the smoke that kills the germs, it's more the body will eject the poison when you actually completely stop taking it, so hence most people that quit get a really bad cough when they quit.
The body doesn't bother to eject the poison while you're adding to it.

From a trained nurse!
The reason you're coughing up stuff, having a sore throat, ear issues etc... your cilia in your airway, which are tiny microscopic tubes that move mucous and saliva along, get killed by your smoking.  Ever had a cold when you smoked, and the smoking actually kind of seemed to make you cough less?  However, these little guys are able  to  regenerate.  So, when you quit, and they start coming back, of course they start working again, and start bringing all that crap that has been sitting in your lungs the whole time, and bringing it up to the surface
That Mucous spreads the cold and germs so indirectly the smoke kills the initial start up.

Alex here is why for you aswell!

Not doubting your word of course, but i've certainly had less colds since i quit.
Maybe in the short term it is worse, but i suspect smoking certainly lowers your immune system in the long term.
If you want to use it as a reason to carry on then it's up to you, but unfortunately it is a one way trip to the graveyard  

[JC]

no coughs for me

no weight gain for me

no illness for me

I have even cut down on the booze too 

Must not post

thats a first