I quit unfiltered last September and quit everything about 4 weeks ago – my chest/lungs actually feel worse, is this normal?

Yes.

It will improve.

yes.

giving up is amazing – soon you will feel much better.

yer lungs were prob so full of shite that the general inflammation and the coughing after the 1st of the day was the only thing keeping them clear

Quit July 2007
One of the smartest moves I made

^ what they said; stick with it, well worth it to be free!

well thats good news then – I've quit once before but it was sort of half hearted – this time I know I'm a non-smoker for life 😀

Just since stopping smoking, when I've been to the gym I don't feel I'm using full lung capacity – cant put my finger on it

That's cos your lungs are half full of crap!

Also, maufactured cigs have additives to help open the airways, which you've now lost.

i got smokers cough about 4 years after stopping for a few mths. It takes a whils ti clear the cr@p out

Did you use the GD or not at weekend?

Cell repair/adjust.

Similar thing happens if you quit drinking after sustained abuse.

The funny thing is if you stay quit you have a sort of epiphany when you look back at your smoking.

Sadly, you're not a non-smoker, you're an ex-smoker. Trust me, there's a difference. Even after nearly 10 years without smoking, I still (very) occasionally get the urge…

I flippin hate smoking but come 6:30pm every day… Must make concerted effort to give up my evening vice.

Even after nearly 10 years without smoking, I still (very) occasionally get the urge…

11yrs here. Soon you'll think it was madness actually smoking.

Ps. I smoked, boy did I smoke. I smoked Gitanes, Lucky Strikes and Malborough Mediums as well as occasional Capstan full strength. If I hadnt quit then I reckon my reoccuring Bronchitus would have become chronic.

when marlboro 1st came out they were marketed as a ladies' mild cig – shows how times change, hey ?

Did you use the GD or not at weekend?
Not even fited to the bike yet:(

Even after nearly 10 years without smoking, I still (very) occasionally get the urge…
I hope youre joking

The funny thing is if you stay quit you have a sort of epiphany when you look back at your smoking.
THis is what I'm looking forward too

Sorry to pi$$ on everyones chips but when i gave up fags 4 four years ago i didn't notice any difference at all.And i was a heavy smoker(30 roll ups + 2-3 joints a day)Went to the docter once for a check up and did a test for lung capacity .He couldn't beleve that i was a smoker.I must be a freak 😯

+1 for Horas comments……..If smoking we an Olympic sport it would have been gold for me!!!

Even after nearly 10 years without smoking, I still (very) occasionally get the urge…
I hope youre joking

Don't worry, as soon as I gave up I knew it was forever, no craving, nothing. I don't even remember how many years I've gone without, 6 maybe 7, it's not important.

I was much the same as bjj.andy.w,I went to the docs at 23 yrs old to do some tests. Doc told me that I was a little less fit than a healthy 21 yr old, I had been smoking for 6-7 years at that point. No problem, no need to give up. But I'm sure that even if the lungs weren't being effected, other problems were caused, circulation for one. Best thing I ever did was to quit.

Now with asthma, whenever I do the breathe test on the machine I seem to exceed expectations for an asthmatic, I have no idea why… Lung capacity? Using diaphragm to help breathe???

Good on ya for quitting, keep it up. It really is quite easy to stop, Allan Carr says so!

2 packs Marlboro/normal day, 3-4 packs weekend!!! (over 20 odd years, how many bike is that?????).

20 Marlboro day before I stopped

It really is quite easy to stop, Allan Carr says so!

Thats the method I used – good to hear some positive stories:)

Packing in the tabs eh Danny ? **** me, you'll be riding a bike next!

In Alan Carr's 2nd book about how easy it is to quit – which I read after failing to quit using his first book – he admitted that he only gave up after hypnotherapy, not using the methods in his book. Hardly inspiring!

lowey – Member
Packing in the tabs eh Danny ? **** me, you'll be riding a bike next!

Step 8 of the programme iirc 😆

Alan Carr?

Also, maufactured cigs have additives to help open the airways, which you've now lost.

No F**king Way!! Is that real?

I used hyponotherapy, but with hindsight I just needed an "event" I'd already decided to stop, and here's the thing, once you decide to stop, properly, that's it. the actual not smoking bit is really a piece of piss, I couldn't wait for the days to come round so I could count off the days I hadn't smoked, never will ever again.

TenMen – Member

In Alan Carr's 2nd book about how easy it is to quit – which I read after failing to quit using his first book – he admitted that he only gave up after hypnotherapy, not using the methods in his book. Hardly inspiring!
Possible, but hard to believe, do you have a link or something to back it up?

I think the Allan Carr books are simply brain washing, you have to read and re-read them until you are convinced. It has to undo a lifetime of brainwashing from the tobacco companies saying that smoking is coooooooooool!

Packing in the tabs eh Danny ? **** me, you'll be riding a bike next!

really wish I had a comeback to that 😳

Also, maufactured cigs have additives to help open the airways, which you've now lost.

No F**king Way!! Is that real?

Yeah, is that true?

Also, maufactured cigs have additives to help open the airways, which you've now lost.

No F**king Way!! Is that real?

Yeah, is that true?

That could be true, I knew someone who worked for Glaxo (Ventolin) who said that asthma sufferers had a smoke before doing the breathing test (peak flow/spirometry) as the fags opened up the airways. I don't see the benefit of cheating the test though.

don simon – I don't have a link, but he talked about it quite openly in his 2nd book.

Just looked at his wikipedia page – he died of lung cancer…

he died of lung cancer…

That I think was attributed to spending a lot of time in smoke filled rooms helping people quit. 😥 and the fact that he also smoked on an olympian scale.

That I think was attributed to spending a lot of time in smoke filled rooms helping people quit.

I'll be hoping that was indeed the case when I light up my next one of the day. I only smoke outside…

Also, maufactured cigs have additives to help open the airways, which you've now lost.

No F**king Way!! Is that real?

Yup, although not just in tailored cigarettes. Bronchodilators are added to rolling/pipe tobacco too. Controlled breathing during the action of smoking also adds to this effect.