The hardest day to quit smoking? How does the body change at different stages? Take a look at the article analysis

Relevant studies have shown that China is a big country in the production and consumption of tobacco in the world. There are about 320 million smokers in China, accounting for 1/3 of the total number of smokers in the world . Judging from this data alone, tobacco has indeed brought huge economic space to China.

　　However, cigarettes also bring a certain disease cost burden to China. Nearly 5 million people worldwide die each year from smoking-related diseases , of which 1.2 million are Chinese. The World Health Organization even predicted that 100 million young people in China will die prematurely due to excessive smoking.

　　The harm caused by cigarettes is systemic. It will not only damage the respiratory system, induce chronic respiratory diseases of varying degrees, but also cause damage to the blood circulatory system, leading to atherosclerosis, hypertension and other problems.

　　At the same time, cigarettes are also a class of carcinogens, which are closely related to the incidence of various cancers, including lung cancer.

　　The longer you smoke a lot for a long time, the greater your chances of developing various diseases in the future. And a lot of research evidence shows that quitting smoking can reduce or eliminate the tail number caused by smoking.

　　However, quitting smoking is a very difficult "job", because the nicotine in cigarettes is addictive, and once tobacco addicts stop smoking, a series of withdrawal reactions will occur. So the question is, the most difficult days to quit smoking, what changes will occur to the body at different times?

1. Stop smoking for 2 hours

　　Relevant studies have found that when people who are addicted to smoking stop smoking for more than 20 minutes , the amount of carbon monoxide in the blood will decrease, the heart rate will gradually return to normal, and the blood pressure will gradually decrease.

　　After quitting smoking for more than 2 hours , the content of nicotine in the blood will drop by about 50% , and the nicotine in the body will begin to be excreted;

2. Within 24 hours of quitting smoking

　　After 12 hours of smoking cessation, the body can respond to nicotine metabolism. In 24 hours a day and night , substances such as nicotine and carbon monoxide will be completely metabolized, the heart rate will become more and more normal, and the blood pressure will become more and more stable .

　　But at the same time, quitters will also experience obvious withdrawal reactions, such as restlessness, upset, difficulty concentrating, loss of appetite and so on. Therefore, ex-smokers will automatically ignore the performance of good health, but the idea of ​​smoking is getting stronger and stronger;

3. Quit smoking for one month

　　Under normal circumstances, the respiratory system can be significantly improved within 3 days after quitting smoking, and the lung function and circulatory function gradually return to normal in about 2-3 weeks.

　　Within a month, the cilia in the respiratory tract will begin to move to remove mucus and harmful substances originally adhering to the respiratory tract . Therefore, smokers who quit smoking often have symptoms such as coughing and expectoration , which may last for about 3 weeks.

　　From the perspective of the reaction after quitting smoking, the most difficult part of quitting smoking is the first 3-15 days , because at this time, the quitter will have a certain stage reaction. The higher the degree of tobacco dependence, the more serious the withdrawal reaction will be. Affected by the withdrawal reaction, many people are often unable to control themselves and embark on the road of relapse again, and the amount of smoking is increasing.

　　Therefore, from a clinical point of view, if you are unable to quit smoking with personal perseverance and fail repeatedly on the road to quitting smoking, you are a group of people with a high degree of tobacco dependence.

　　In this case, in addition to having the perseverance to quit smoking, smokers can also seek help from smoking cessation clinics, and get rid of tobacco control and harm through scientific drug treatment by doctors.