The Dangers Of Stopping Smoking – Dr.Berg On Effects Of Quitting Smoking

[SarathW]

The Dangers Of Stopping Smoking – Dr.Berg On Effects Of Quitting Smoking.

I am not sure Dr. Berg is a real doctor but I like his video content.
I was not a heavy smoker so I stopped it cold turkey without any problems.
So I voted no.
I believe stopping cold turkey is the best way to stop any bad habits such as consuming alcohol.
I agree there are withdrawal symptoms but you have to deal with them in some other means.



You can share your experience here.

[Ceisiwr]

The Dangers Of Stopping Smoking – Dr.Berg On Effects Of Quitting Smoking.

I am not sure Dr. Berg is a real doctor but I like his video content.
I was not a heavy smoker so I stopped it cold turkey without any problems.
So I voted no.
I believe stopping cold turkey is the best way to stop any bad habits such as consuming alcohol.
I agree there are withdrawal symptoms but you have to deal with them in some other means.



You can share your experience here.

Going cold turkey with alcohol, if you are addicted, can kill you.

[denise]

if you are determined not to be sick with nicotine...you will begin the process and continue until you are free of the urge...takes a while.....but, you will be free of it...most cannot just have an occasional puff...it's all or nothing

[Justsit]

It isn't particularly dangerous unless you have some type of severe cardiac condition, but you do need to be prepared. Nicotine is a drug, and the body goes through mild physical withdrawal symptoms when you stop ingesting. You need to drink lots of water to flush your system, and you may develop symptoms such as inability to sleep or change in bowel habits (lots of smokers know - cup of coffee and a cigarette--->right to the bathroom). It usually takes about two weeks for the body to adjust and resume "normal" function.

[dharmacorps]

Going cold turkey with alcohol, if you are addicted, can kill you.

Yup. I have seen deaths happen due to quitting alcohol and drugs cold turkey with my own eyes. Tobacco is different, obviously.

To prevent potential harm, you may want to edit your post Sarath, to correct your mistake.

[Radix]

The Dangers Of Stopping Smoking – Dr.Berg On Effects Of Quitting Smoking.

But is smoking dangerous at all?

I yet have to meet a single smoker who has anything more than a cough from smoking. Those horrible pictures on cigarette packets must be from something else.

[Justsit]

RN here - yes, the danger is real. Smoking is a proven cause of lung cancer. Human lungs are not designed to process hot gas containing hydrogen cyanide (a component of cigarette smoke) as well as toxic chemicals such as benzene, arsenic and formaldehyde.

I've had many patients in hospitals, home care, and hospice who died from smoking related lung cancer.

[Mahabrahma]

I had a friend who wouldn't quit smoking.

I would ask him why he wouldn't quit smoking.

And he'd say: "it's good for ya."

Double edged joke.

[SarathW]

I had a friend who wouldn't quit smoking.

I would ask him why he wouldn't quit smoking.

And he'd say: "it's good for ya."

Double edged joke.

The monk who used to teach us Buddhism in the collage used to smoke in the toilet.
We asked him why does he smoke.
He said it is good for his sinus problem.

[dharmacorps]

RN here - yes, the danger is real. Smoking is a proven cause of lung cancer. Human lungs are not designed to process hot gas containing hydrogen cyanide (a component of cigarette smoke) as well as toxic chemicals such as benzene, arsenic and formaldehyde.

I've had many patients in hospitals, home care, and hospice who died from smoking related lung cancer.

PA here. Seen untold numbers (hundreds? thousands?) of people die from smoking. Uncountable numbers sickened. Had relatives die of it and be sickened by it.

[Radix]

PA here. Seen untold numbers (hundreds? thousands?) of people die from smoking. Uncountable numbers sickened. Had relatives die of it and be sickened by it.

RN here - yes, the danger is real. Smoking is a proven cause of lung cancer. Human lungs are not designed to process hot gas containing hydrogen cyanide (a component of cigarette smoke) as well as toxic chemicals such as benzene, arsenic and formaldehyde.

I've had many patients in hospitals, home care, and hospice who died from smoking related lung cancer.

How can you know in any particular case that the disease that a person has has been caused by smoking?

[dharmacorps]

How can you know in any particular case that the disease that a person has has been caused by smoking?

Documented history of smoking, biochemical tumor and tissue markers, genetic alterations, mountains of medical research for the past 60 years. Take a class in the scientific method inclusive of biology and research methodology and it will help you understand.

[Radix]

Documented history of smoking,

biochemical tumor and tissue markers, genetic alterations

Do they actually test for such things in an autopsy?

Take a class in the scientific method inclusive of biology and research methodology and it will help you understand.

Understand what? Why the smokers I know don't get sick?


I hate smoking. All the smokers I know are alive and kicking!! They make my life miserable, society quietly approves of them and protects them, the rights of smokers are, for all practical intents and purposes, above the rights of non-smokers.

[Justsit]

Any disease progression is the result of a person's genetic makeup, other comorbidities, habits, plus environmental factors. Some people can smoke for fifty years and not get lung cancer, others smoke for a very short time and still get it.

Also, some countries are lenient with smoking regulations, others are very stringent. Depends on what each society tolerates.

[Radix]

Exactly. So it's not simply the case that smoking is dangerous. It's only dangerous for the weak.