re: Is it safe to quit

Quoting Katie♥'sherHippo:" I smoke 4-5 cigs a day except on fri-sun and at night I also don't smoke."

Ultra light smoker lol

I was about a pack and half a day smoker since I was 21 ... so 9 years of that smurf. I was SmUrfED UP going cold turkey

Google it, you'll see why. It really has nothing to do with nicotine, but the actual smoke and extra crap in cigarettes

Quoting Leisurely Duchess:" Ultra light smoker lol"

Yeah.

I don't want my son to see me smoke so i won't even try to sneak one at home and there is only enough time between classes and getting picked up to have a few lol.

<blockquote><b>Quoting NevviesMom:</b>" Most definitely. That "stress on baby" line is horsesmurf"</blockquote>




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The sooner you quit the better

It's really funny that I had no clue that quitting smoking is what made me sick. I had no nicotine withdrawals of course because I was getting synthetic nicotine from the e-cig, so the transition between smoke and smokeless was effortless. I just never had the desire to pick up a cig, but after about 3 weeks is when I started to get so sick I had to go to the hospital

It's from your body repairing itself and ridding itself of the toxins in cigarettes. You start producing normal levels of mucous because your cilia starts regenerating [smoke of any kind kills a lot of it], which loosens up all the crap including bacteria and viruses caught in your sinuses and lungs which can make you very ill

Quoting Leisurely Duchess:" I was about a pack and half a day smoker since I was 21 ... so 9 years of that smurf. I was SmUrfED UP ... [snip!] ... turkey Google it, you'll see why. It really has nothing to do with nicotine, but the actual smoke and extra crap in cigarettes"

Before DS (so like three years and 7 months, cuz I didn't find out i was prego for a while >_<) I was smoking two packs a day and quit cold turkey.

I never coughed anything up or got sick though.

Quoting Katie♥'sherHippo:" Before DS (so like three years and 7 months, cuz I didn't find out i was prego for a while >_<) ... [snip!] ... for a while >_<) I was smoking two packs a day and quit cold turkey. I never coughed anything up or got sick though."

Prob didn't smoke long enough for it to change your body enough

Quoting Leisurely Duchess:" It's really funny that I had no clue that quitting smoking is what made me sick. I had no nicotine withdrawals ... [snip!] ... it], which loosens up all the crap including bacteria and viruses caught in your sinuses and lungs which can make you very ill"

This happens to my mother every time she tries to quit and it is a big reason why she hasn't stuck with it. She tries to do like you did and just use the nicotine to substitute.

Quoting Leisurely Duchess:" Prob didn't smoke long enough for it to change your body enough"

Ah.
That was like a three year span.

I didn't start smoking until 18 lol.

I'd smoke every so often if I could get cigs from 16 up but not much.

I bet a lot of people who quit did get sick from it but passed it off as a light cold or flu. Many of the symptoms are the same as colds and flu, including nausea/vomiting, which is what happened to me, I thought I caught the flu but I was the only smurf that was sick for weeks. Especially if the symptoms don't start showing up until 2-4 weeks after quitting, which is average, people are less likely to connect the events in their minds.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Leisurely Duchess:</b>" Prob didn't smoke long enough for it to change your body enough"</blockquote>




I smoked for 13 years before having my son and never got sick.

Quoting misanthrope:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Leisurely Duchess:</b>" Prob didn't smoke long enough for it ... [snip!] ... enough for it to change your body enough"</blockquote> I smoked for 13 years before having my son and never got sick."

Congratulations

Quoting Leisurely Duchess:" It's really funny that I had no clue that quitting smoking is what made me sick. I had no nicotine withdrawals ... [snip!] ... it], which loosens up all the crap including bacteria and viruses caught in your sinuses and lungs which can make you very ill"

Actually.. stopping smoking would re-moisten your mucus membranes which would/could in turn cause coughing, sneezing and/or runny nose.... there are microbes in your lungs, that are part of your residential flora.. which do not harm you.. that would be coughed up if you happen to be carrying a microbe that is not part of your normal flora, and is harmful - re-mositening your mucous membranes would be beneficial because coughing, sneezing, and runny nose are removing the microbes from your body.. it is the best thing that could happen. If they remained dried out, like a smokers.. it would be easier for the non-residental, harmful microbe to colonize and cause infection.


The nausea/vomiting is from withdraw of nicotine and/or other chemicals inside of the cigarettes.

So anyway.... quitting may make you nauseous/vomit.. which may not feel great... but it is only temporary..
. but the flu-like symptoms are very beneficial and are your body's natural response to remove harmful bacterium.. that is hindered when you are a smoker
Therefore, the sooner you quit the better.