Archive for the ‘Respiratory Diseases’ Category


Is it true your lungs can clear the toxins of one cigarette in 24hrs?

My health teacher told our class that the average lungs can clear the toxins of one cigarette in 24hrs, is this true? Theoretically could I smoke one cigarette everyday and 10 yrs down the road have the same lungs as a nonsmoker?

When does an occasional cigarette become an addiction?

I’ve been having a couple cigarettes here and there, maybe once a week for quite a while. But I could easily go for a month without one, which I did a couple times. Recently though I’ve been going through about a pack a week. Today at work I suddenly had this urge to go outside and have a smoke. It was on my mind for the rest of my shift on and off. I don’t know if it was a craving, or if it was just sort of on my mind… I’m not sure. So when does the occasional cigarette become an actual addiction?

What can I use as a cigarette tube instead of rollies?

I am underage and i smoke. I had my last cigarette and it broke. how can I still smoke it using some type of tube?

What can we do to combat against cigarette smoke?

every day I can smell my neighbors cigarette smoke comming through the walls and invade my air space with poisens. April 30 and the apartment building will be totaly smoke free. But in the mean time I have to deal with it.

what do you do if you smell cigarette smoke in your house?

I ask because every morning when I wake up and go to the bathroom, it always smells like cigarette smoke in there. I think my neighbour smokes and I get the smell in my apartment. I live in the upper apartment in a house with 2 apartments. I dont know how to deal with this. I myself am a non smoker and would like to keep it that way. Any ideas?
Hi and thanks for your responses. No, i dont share a bathroom with anyone else. Its a house with two apartments (one upper and another lower apartment) with seperate enterances.
Thanks

What is a way to convince others not to start smoking?

What is a solution to prevent people from smoking?

Will my lungs repair themselves after quitting smoking and how long does it take?

I recently quit smoking and I’m very proud of myself because it was the hardest thing I have ever done. Now that I think I’m in the clear from going back to it, I’m wondering if my lungs will undue the damage I have done to them and how long it will take. I smoked for about 19 years.

Is it normal to have harder breathing at 1st after quitting smoking?

Just quit smoking after 5 yrs. I am 24. Its only been 4 days but it seems like its harder to breathe, like my lungs are coayted w mucus? Is this normal, has anyone else experineced this?

How can i stop my boyfriend from smoking?

Before we started dating three years ago, i told him I can’t deal with smokers and if he smokes he should let me know. He said he had tried cigarettes before but never again. Yesterday i discovered he had been smoking and was terribly devasted. Nothing is going to be the same, I’ve lost my trust in him. He promises to never do it again and i can’t believe. I don’t know where to start.

How harmful to my health would smoking a couple cigarettes a week be?

I’ve started smoking but I don’t want to get addicted, but I also want to smoke every once and awhile.