why does smoking make you lightheaded?

Question

i have been smoking for about two months now everyday, but for some reason I am always light headed when i smoke a cigarette. Is this normal??

Answer 1

I have been a smoker for more than 20 years. When I first started, it would make me lightheaded but no longer.

If you have been smoking for only 2 months, this is your chance to quit with relative ease. Believe me when I say that starting smoking was the dumbest thing I ever did. I finally, after all these years, got to the point when I realized I wanted to quit...I NEED to quit (no, I don't have cancer or anything like that...I'm just sick of it).

I'm in the process of quitting. I'm on day 4 of Chantix and I have gone from a pack and a half a day to 4-6 cigarettes a day...and I have been smoking since I was 15 (I'm now 38).

PLEASE stop now while you still can. I'm not going to lecture you about smoking...I'm sure you already know all the bad things about it. Just quit. It's not worth it. It never was...it never will be.

EMT

Answer 2

Yes, it's normal and lasts for a while after you begin smoking. However, I'm sure you know how bad it is for you. You're not too far into the addiction right now and have a chance of quitting successfully if you want to bad enough. You wait too long and your chances of quitting go down dramatically until the day comes that you don't even want to and couldn't do it alone even if you tried.

You probably know the facts. If not, look them up and see what you can find out about it. The cost alone are enough to break your budget, let alone all of the other repercussions. Besides that, in another 10 years or so, smoking at all will be practically illegal and probably get you into trouble. Ditch it while you can.

Sorry to preach, but I know what it did to me and others. Hopefully you'll be able to avoid such things.

Good luck.

Answer 3

What Makes You Light Headed

Answer 4

Being lightheaded is the good news, wait until you you have got heart disease, lung disease (emphysema), vascular disease or one of the many cancers it causes. Then you will really know why I said your light-headiness is the good news. Keep smoking and your heading for the really BAD news. Take a bit of friendly advice seeing as you have only been smoking for couple of months...Quit smoking now before you send your health down the toilet.

Answer 5

I would assume it's because you are breathing in smoke filled with dangerous chemicals, and you aren't getting enough oxygen.
If this problem continues, I suggest you quit. It seems your body is not taking it too well. Some people can tolerate cigarette smoke better than others.

Answer 6

Yes Darling- it's the carbon monoxide. It's also all the other chemicals that have been added to the paper and tobacco that in essence create a way for you to "freebase" nicotine.

Answer 7

It's all of the chemicals, and your body and neurological system reacting to them.

Cigarettes have paint thinner in them, for one, along with other chemicals, like ammonia, which can blind a human being if splashed into the eyes.

Answer 8

Radioactive components of tobacco
In addition to chemical, nonradioactive carcinogens, tobacco and tobacco smoke contain small amounts of lead-210 (210Pb) and polonium-210 (210Po) both of which are radioactive carcinogens. Lead 210 is a product of the decay of radium-226 and, in turn, its decay product, radon-222; lead 210 then decays to bismuth-210 and then to polonium 210, emitting beta particles in both steps. Tarry particles containing these elements lodge in the smokers' lungs where airflow is disturbed; the concentration found where bronchioles bifurcate is 100 times higher than that in the lungs overall. This gives smokers much more intense exposure than would otherwise be encountered. Polonium 210, for instance, emits high energy alpha particles which, because of their large mass, are considered to be incapable of penetrating the skin more than 40 micrometres deep, but do considerable damage (estimated at 100 times as much chromosome damage as a corresponding amount of other radiation) when a process such as smoking causes them to be emitted within the body, where all their energy is absorbed by surrounding tissue. (Lead 210 also emits gamma rays).

The radioactive elements in tobacco are accumulated from the minerals in the soil, as with any plant, but are also captured on the sticky surface of the tobacco leaves in excess of what would be seen with plants not having this property. As might be expected, the radioactivity measured in tobacco varies widely depending on where and how it is grown. One study found that tobacco grown in India averaged only 0.09 pCi per gram of polonium 210, whereas tobacco grown in the United States averaged 0.516 pCi per gram. Another study of Indian tobacco, however, measured an average of 0.4 pCi of polonium 210 per cigarette, which also would be approximately a gram of tobacco. One factor in the difference between India and the United States may be the extensive use of apatite as fertilizer for tobacco in the United States, because it starves the plant for nitrogen, thereby producing more flavorful tobacco; apatite is known to contain radium, lead 210, and polonium 210. This would also account for increased concentration of these elements compared to other crops.......................

Answer 9

Yep, it's because you're not getting as much oxygen as usual. Not necessarily too little, but just less than you're used to.

Answer 10

Can anyone just be cool for a second and also say it an awesome feeling and enjoy it? I say welcome to the gateway drug that will start you on a road of more and more awesome feelings! ENJOY IT!