Everytime i give up smoking i get a cold......?

Question

Does this happen to anyone else? If i stop for a few days, i always end up getting a cold. Why is this and has this happened to you?

Answer 1

It's not a cold.
When you smoke, the little cilia (hairs) in your lungs get tamped down by the tar in the smoke. The cilia's job is to filter out what goes into your lungs--sort of like nose hairs do in your nostrils.
When you quit putting the smoke in your lungs, the hairs cleanse themselves by producing mucous, which washes away the tar. This mucous causes a cough and misery, but if you can stand by for a few weeks, the cilia are cleaned and can do their job, and you will feel much better.
A good herb to make the process faster is "Slippery Elm"; you can buy it at the health food store. It makes the mucous slipperier and faster to expel.
I finally quit smoking after more than 20 years of trying, and someone told me this info.
Good luck.

Answer 2

more than like it is not really a true cold but more likely that your body is trying to get rid of all the toxic build up in it from the smoking. You feel like crap because you are also withdrawing from the nicotene. Hang in there and do not smoke you will start to feel better within a week or so. You will so notice that your sense of smell and taste improve too.

Answer 3

I gave up smoking new years day and had cold like symptoms and a niggly cough for about 3-4 weeks. It soon passed and even the cravings have passed. Hope you give up for good this time. Good luck.

Answer 4

I have no idea why this happens. My mother was the same every time she tried to give up smoking she always ended up with really bad bronchitis but when she started again it would clear up.

Quite extraordinary but possibly there is a logical explaination for this happening.

Answer 5

gave up 3 years back put on 5 stone but no cold

Answer 6

Its all the rubbish coming out of ur lungs and body, just think how long its been sitting in there. Its normal, dont worry and good luck with giving up.

Answer 7

thats not a cold. thats just your body trying to get rid of all the nasty flem and tar that has built up in your lungs. i'm sure if you persit after a week you will feel a big differance in your brething and taste and general health.

Answer 8

every time my son in law gives up smoking he gets a bad stomach and head aches it must be some thing to do with the loss on nicotine in you system

Answer 9

if it's an actual cold (runny nose, sore throat, etc as well as a cough) then it's likely coincidental. if it's a productive cough then it is probably you moving all the junk out of your lungs. it will get worse before it gets better, depending on how long you've smoked you may have a lot of stuff to move.

Answer 10

yes i stoped at xmas and got a realy bad cold i had it for almost 3 weeks