How smoking affects non smokers

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Avatar f tn I quit over 2yrs ago with help from the patches. Smoking affects everything you do and the older I get the more society turns against smokers. I smoked for over 40yrs before I quit but it was starting to cause really bad wheezing at night and other health issues. There are many smokers on this forum, they'll be in later.
Avatar n tn Studies have shown that people who smoke tend to have lower resonse to treatment compared to non-smokers. It is advised to avert from smoking before embarking on therapy http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/10/2963.pdf "Furthermore, tobacco consumption has been associated with an increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with viral hepatitis[6-8].
1601804 tn?1297628981 ) If you want perfect control of your environment you could move to a non-smoking, non-drinking environment that does not allow buses or cars or trucks with their nasty emissions. (Much worse than second-hand smoke by the way.
Avatar f tn The point was that breast milk even in this situation is better than no breast milk (benefits are higher), but the milk of non-smokers will be healthier. So, for baby, not smoking is best, but if you must, it is still best to breastfeed. Don't smoke in the presence of your baby or the room he/she will be staying tho, best go outside to smoke.
Avatar f tn My mom smoked with all 3kids, my 2 best friends smoked and all of these babies have been fine!!! I'm 29 weeks and my son is fine, not all of these smoking while pregnant myths are true! Honestly, crackheads have healthy babies, so can smokers! I'm tired of the judgement over that. It's a smokers choice to smoke while pregnant just how it's a non smokers choice.. It doesn't make me any less of a person or mother..
1262435 tn?1270311859 However, smokers generate 8 million pounds in taxes, so they pay for themselves and many non smokers. Without smokers the national health service would have to be topped up with funding from elsewhere, and that will obviously be the workers". I have tried to convince many of my friends to quit smoking, but it's like talking to a brick wall. They say that if two thirds of people get away with no heart disease from smoking, it's good enough for them.
Avatar f tn Are any of u ladies smokers and if you are how often do you smoke daily? I'm a smoker and it's a lot harder to quit than I thought it was going to be and I am worried about what it's going to do to the baby, I'm 28 weeks and 2 days.
Avatar m tn • heavy cannabis consumption is associated with a higher prevalence of symptoms of chronic bronchitis and a higher incidence of acute bronchitis than in the non-smoking cohort; • cannabis used during pregnancy is associated with impairment in fetal development leading to a reduction in birth weight; • cannabis use during pregnancy may lead to postnatal risk of rare forms of cancer although more research is needed in this area.
749963 tn?1298037994 I used to smoke up to just 3 months ago and no one ever sugguested such a thing. The only thing I ever heard was a study that more smokers get MS than non-smokers. Possibly due to the environmental therory part (lots of long term toxin use) Doc is soooooooooo fired.
Avatar f tn I have heard that it's better than smoking because it does not have the chemicals that cigarettes have in them, also you are not inhaling smoke. I have tried quitting cold turkey but it's just to difficult when the other 2 people I live with smoke. I was going to try the patch but the lower dose one cause I smoke 10 or less cigarettes a day.
Avatar f tn iDt It Causes Any Defects ... But iWuld Staii Awaii 4rm Blunts , Seeing How Yu Can Still Get Nicotine Intake .. Try Joints , ZigZags , Pipes , Bongs .. Etc . One Thing 2 Keep In Mind Tho Is That Even If It's Not Ah' Cigarette , It's Still Smoke & Can Affect Tha Oxygen Supply 2 Yur Baby ....
4241272 tn?1357571660 I would think how gross smoking was. By the end of the week I was smoke free. This pregnancy I had already quit so I didn't have to worry about it. To really quit you have to want to quit not quit because some one told you to.
Avatar f tn I quit as soon as I found out I was pregnant. I will never smoke again. It was such a waste of time and I felt awful. Why start something you know you will want to quit? Quitting smoking is such an accomplishment. I'm so happy to be a non smoker. As a mother, I need to put my child first.
Avatar f tn m due May 2nd! And non-smokers are always the ones to jump and say things about pregnant women smoking whenever it is statistically proven that women that don't smoke have more babies born with asthma than women that do smoke.
Avatar f tn Certian things you do will put stress on your baby.. and will be harder on the baby then to just keep smoking. But i personally dont like smoking..because the smell.. and effects. So id take that into concideration.. for you and the baby before you continue.. i think that would help me(: good luck!
Avatar m tn i didnt realize how rude it is to smoke around non smokers. when someone lights up next to me now i get really angry. plus dude, when you smoke you smell horrible. but yeah smoking cheap **** is probably worse.
4624236 tn?1357891407 To all mom to be's that were frequent smokers before finding out you were pregnant, how many weeks were you when you found out you were pregnant and is your baby healthy even though you smoked while it was being conceived?
Avatar n tn I found it interesting that he said many pain management doctors believe that smokers are more likely to abuse their pain meds than non-smokers. I am a non-smoker so I have never been subject to any inquiry like this. Has anyone here ran accross this or believe that these docs may have something?
Avatar f tn I'm fortunate enough that smoking is making me wicked nauseous, at 6weeks. Sometimes, out of habit, I'll smoke, but usually put it out half way. It's helped me to cut down allloottt! :) and im also using an e-cigg now to kill cravings.