Benefits and sequelae of quitting smoking

1. Benefits of quitting smoking

1. Delay skin aging

Stopping smoking can delay facial aging and delay the appearance of wrinkles. Non-smokers' skin gets more nutrients, including oxygen.

2. Reduce stress

Scientific research shows that after a person stops smoking, the smoker's stress level is reduced. Many people think that smoking can relieve stress. However, smoking only brings temporary satisfaction, and the pleasant feeling will disappear soon. This does not really cure stress problems.

3. White teeth

Quitting tobacco can prevent teeth from becoming stained and you will have fresher breath. Ex-smokers are less likely to develop gum disease than smokers and do not lose teeth prematurely.

4. Promote fertility

Non-smokers have a greater chance of getting pregnant than smokers. Because quitting smoking can improve the endometrium and increase sperm survival rate. The most important thing is that women who quit smoking will greatly increase their chances of giving birth to a healthy baby.

5. Breathing becomes easier

When smokers give up smoking, their breathing becomes easier and coughing will decrease accordingly. This is because their lung capacity increased by 10% in nine months. When a person is in their twenties and thirties, the effect of smoking on your lung capacity may not be noticeable except when running.

6. Better sex life

Stopping smoking can improve the body's blood flow, thereby increasing sensitivity. A man who stops smoking will have an improved erectile function; and a woman who quits smoking will find it easier to have an orgasm.

7. Live longer

Half of long-term smokers die prematurely from diseases caused by smoking, including heart disease, lung cancer and chronic bronchitis. If a person quits smoking at the age of 30, he can add 10 years to his life. If you quit smoking when you are 60 years old, you can extend your life by 3 years.

8. Improve perception

Giving up the habit of smoking can improve your sense of smell and taste. Because after quitting smoking, the human body will gradually return to its previous normal consciousness from the state that has become dull due to inhalation of hundreds of toxic chemicals.

9. Have more energy

The body’s blood circulation function is improved within 2-12 weeks after quitting smoking. This makes all physical activities easier, including walking and running. Quitting smoking can improve immune system function, making it easier for the body to fight off colds and flu. As smoking decreases, more oxygen is available in the body, making people less likely to feel tired and less likely to have headaches.

10. Make the people around you healthier

Stopping smoking also protects the health of family members and friends who do not smoke. Passive smoking increases a non-smoker's risk of lung cancer, heart disease, and stroke.

2. Benefits of men quitting smoking

1. Smooth breathing

For smokers, smokers’ lungs will be damaged to some extent. Therefore, the respiratory function of smokers will basically be weakened to varying degrees. If you successfully quit smoking, this problem will be alleviated and your respiratory tract will become healthier.

2. Money

If a smoker is now forty years old and has smoked for twenty years, he consumes one pack of cigarettes a day and consumes 20 yuan a day. Then you have already spent 146,000 yuan on smoking. If you want to smoke for another 35 years, you will have to spend 255,500 yuan. This amount of money is not a small amount of money for ordinary people. Smoking does no harm to the body and costs so much money. So there are many benefits to quitting smoking early.

3. Cardiovascular health

Attracting pig head pulse and vomiting speed is obviously faster than that of ordinary people, and all organs are hardened, causing great harm to the cardiovascular system, so The cardiovascular health of smokers is somewhat worse than that of non-smokers. In addition, if you stop smoking, the blood pressure of patients with hypertension will decrease.

4. Good energy

After smoking for a long time, smokers will have low energy, even be in a trance, not clear-headed, etc., and they will be prone to bad temper. If a person quits smoking for a period of time, he will have the urge to exercise. After successfully quitting smoking, you will find that you are obviously different from before, feeling in good spirits and full of energy. This is a phenomenon of successful quitting smoking.

5. Self-confidence

And it can only be said that successful quitting smoking requires abundant energy, and it is very difficult to quit smoking. After experiencing this period Over time, the quitter will have a great sense of accomplishment and self-affirmation after successfully quitting smoking, making the person more and more confident.

6. Enhanced sexual ability

For people who quit smoking, sexual impulse will become stronger after quitting smoking for a period of time. This is a normal phenomenon. Smoking seriously affects our quality of life. After all, a good quality of life can affect a person's life, so successfully quitting smoking can bring you good health and a good life, so put down the cigarette in your hands!

3. Symptoms after quitting smoking

This time last year, due to a dull pain in my chest, I started to stop smoking. After I stopped smoking for a day, I felt that I had really stopped smoking. There was no more pain in my chest, which further proves that smoking is bad for people around me. I didn’t feel too bad on the second day, and on the fourth day, I felt better and more energetic. This time it becomes even more clear that smoking is bad. It's difficult because I have been smoking for more than 20 years, and I have been smoking for more than 10 years. Is it really that difficult to quit smoking? It turns out, no.

People everywhere on the Internet say that many symptoms appear after quitting smoking. What are these? Have they tried it themselves? Many of them are nonsense. You say you'll be thirsty, right? I don't think so. I just feel that if you smoked a lot in the past, you'd be thirsty. It's ridiculous to say that you don't feel thirsty anymore if you smoke.

1. Having trouble sleeping?

Poor sleep will interrupt your sleep. This has nothing to do with whether you smoke or not, and it has nothing to do with quitting smoking. When you used to smoke, your sleep was not good. You would get up and smoke a cigarette, but your sleep was not good. Does it have something to do with your quitting smoking? The real reason for poor sleep is only known in your own heart. Many non-smokers have trouble sleeping. Is it because they don’t smoke?

2. Drowsiness?

Drowsy? What is this? Cigarettes are not that powerful. Don’t make nonsense of people smoking opium and drugs you see on TV. Don’t make the harm of smoking worse. People who quit opium only know how to quit drugs at the beginning. After quitting, their spirits and complexion will be much better.

3. Cough, constipation, headache, hunger, night sweats?

At the end of the day, there are coughs, constipation, headaches, hunger, night sweats, etc. Hey, who said this? I have never felt such a phenomenon myself. I know that I used to smoke a lot of phlegm, but now after quitting smoking, there is not so much phlegm. I often cough when I smoke, but I don’t cough at all after quitting smoking. There are other phenomena, none at all, and my appetite is much better.

So don’t listen to those who have no personal experience. Quitting smoking is only good for you and your family, and smoking is good for yourself. It’s harmful, and it’s also harmful to your family and friends. Now when I see someone smoking around me and smell the smoke, I want to walk away. No one would know this without personal experience.