I quit dipping Skoal on the 13th and quit smoking months ago, would one cigarette hurt me?

Question

Like lung wise? its been like half of a year since i had a cigarette, would it mess my lungs up inhaling again or would i be alright? I was smoking for about 3 years off and on

Answer 1

Quitting smoking is a great opportunity to learn about ourselves, as you have already observed.
Congratulate yourself on having the desire to stop - then you are over the worst, but still need to maintain your resolve. It's just so easy to start thinking that just one won't hurt, but it does. Just one achieves nothing except feeling the need for another. Whatever you do, don't have just one.
Here's a few home-brewed tips that might be useful.
It's not just nicotine addiction - there are 50+ chemicals 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!
We will have a few bouts of feeling or even being short tempered. We must try to bite our lip, and control; ourselves. Recognise the short temper as being the removal of toxins which are trying to find a way out. They went in through the mouth, and they try to get out that way to. We must learn to keep our mouth closed, and force the toxins out the other way.

After we have stopped for a while we will begin to feel that just one wont to any harm.
All that leads to is a desire for just another one. We must guard very strongly against the desire to have just one.

Answer 2

From what I have heard the Sugar free gum contains sorbetol that can give you really bad diahreaha, so be careful with that. I am also a smoker, I have quit a few times. Try going to the store andbuying a model or something, it gives you something to do to help with the twitching. Just get involved in some complex project that will take your mind off the fact that you havent smoked in a while. The first 21 days are the hardest, because it takes 21 days for your body to get used to a new habit, or in this case lack there of.

Answer 3

It wont hurt you, but I dont recommend it. It may make you start smoking again. Im trying to quit right now, and its tough. If I had one, Id want another, and another.

Dont Do It.

Answer 4

you'll just start smoking again... how did you quit skoal???

Answer 5

Can you really smoke just one?!?

Each time you quit it gets harder. Any time I feel tempted to light up, I remember how hard it was to quit and say to myself "I sure don't want to go through that again."

Answer 6

what happened after you smoked your first one?
yup you will smoke for years to come if you fire up now

Answer 7

lol.
no.
don't go back to it.
because you will do it more and more.

is it really worth it anyways?

Answer 8

guaranteed .............one butt and you'll be hooked again