do your lungs heal after you quit smoking?

Question

if i quit smoking will my lungs get healthy again

Answer 1

Yes, slowly. They get a little better each day.
If you jog, or some similar exercise, you can feel the benefit almost immediately.

Its not just the nicotine. Its also the other 50+ chemicals they out in cigarettes. Also the main problem is habit.
We have been used to having body sensations which we translate as 'my body needs something, which we have attempted to satisfy by having a cigarette.
When we try to stop smoking, we still get these 'my body needs something' sensations, and we still feel that we want a cigarette. We have to train our body to be more selective. When we feel we need something, we have to work out what it is that we actually need.
A glass of water is an excellent substitute if nothing else comes to mind, as it helps with the clearance of the toxic substances in our body. Another good substitute is a bag of salted peanuts, used in combination with the water.
Another thing to do is to find an activity which occupies the mind or body. Go swimming - nobody wants to smoke while they are swimming. Slowly, as our body adjusts and translates the 'want something' feelings into something other than cigarettes, then the feelings begin to go away. We know its not a cigarette that the body really needs, because as soon as we've had one we still have the feeling, and want another!

Answer 2

Natural Quit Smoking Magic

Answer 3

Not to the 100% level but after not smoking for one year it is said you add 10 years to your life, the lungs can heal some what, new tissue will grow however the areas damaged the most by smoking will not heal all the way. There is no way to completly heal damage that is done to them. It also depends on how long you have been smoking, the less the better.

Answer 4

Yes - I quit for 8 months after having smoked a pack or more per day for 6 years, and by the end of the 8 months my lung function seemed perfectly normal and I was no longer getting winded etc. I noticed major lung improvement, probably 3 or 4 months into my quitting (unfortunately I started up again...don't make the mistake of "I can have just one for good times sake.) GOOD LUCK!

Answer 5

It depends on how long you smoked, before you quit, and if you did any damage. My brother in law quit in 1986, after 25 years of smoking. He already had emphysema, then developed lung cancer 3 years ago. His lungs were already damaged when he quit. Lungs can heal if you didnt smoke a long time, or damage them.

Answer 6

it depends an the amount of time a person has been smoking. Some health problems caused by smoking are irreversible. However, if that person hasn't been smoking for too long like 20 + years then some damage is can be healed. It also depends on how your body reacts and is.

Answer 7

Yes, but it will be a pretty slow and long process. I think it takes about 35 years to fully heal them. But there are many more reasons to quit smoking besides having your lungs be healthy again.

Answer 8

Hope so, because I just quit, and I am dying for a damn cigarette....so hopefully I am not doing this for nothing!!!

Really though, your lungs do somewhat recover, I know they regrow cilla, which is like the lungs "filter". Ok, thats all my knowledge!

Answer 9

Its a win win situation to quit now. At the very least, you wont damage it anymore.

Answer 10

More or less. But did you know that when smoking you won't get old? You die early. :)