Complications of quitting smoking

After quitting smoking, many people will experience some complications. This is due to their long-term dependence on smoking. Patients will often feel hungry, dizzy, nauseous, and even vomiting. However, even if these symptoms occur, they need to insist on quitting smoking in order to succeed. Otherwise, they will give up halfway. They can improve the complications through diet.

Smoking is an important environmental risk factor for COPD, and at least 95% of COPD patients are smokers. Smoking advances the onset of coronary heart disease by 10 years, doubles the risk of disease, and increases the relative risk of sudden cardiac death by more than 3 times. Smoking increases the relative risk of stroke by 50%, including a 90% increase in the relative risk of ischemic stroke and a 190% increase in the risk of death from subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Smoking increases the risk of peripheral vascular disease by 10 to 16 times. 70% of atherosclerotic vascular occlusions and almost all thromboangiitis obliterans are related to smoking. The more smokers smoke, the longer they smoke, and the earlier they start smoking, the greater their risk of developing smoking-related diseases.

Tobacco can damage almost all organs of the human body, and quitting smoking can effectively prevent or delay the progression of smoking-related diseases. Studies have found that the risk of death from coronary heart disease can be reduced by about half one year after quitting smoking, and it will continue to decrease as the time of quitting smoking increases. After 15 years of quitting smoking, the absolute risk of death from coronary heart disease will be similar to that of people who have never smoked.

Quitting smoking and preventing exposure to secondhand smoke are the most important means of preventing and treating COPD. Quitting smoking is currently the only proven way to effectively slow the progressive decline in lung function. Quitting smoking can also reduce the incidence and mortality of stroke, peripheral vascular disease, pneumonia, and gastric and duodenal ulcers. Therefore, smoking cessation is an important part of treating various smoking-related diseases. Quitting smoking can also reduce the harm of secondhand smoke exposure to people around you, especially family members and colleagues.

Quitting smoking can reduce or eliminate the health harms caused by smoking. Anyone can benefit from quitting smoking at any age, and the earlier you quit and the longer you quit, the greater the health benefits. Effective treatments are available that can significantly increase long-term smoking cessation rates, including brief advice on how to quit, medications, smoking cessation counseling, and quit hotlines.