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| | | From: Joel (Original Message) | Sent: 12/29/2005 10:18 PM |
Hello Joel First I want to thank you for putting this site together. I had my first look tonight and plan to read all of it. I saw pictures of lungs, normal city dwellers and smokers. I have a question.If a smoker quits,will their lungs ever go back to anywhere near where they once were? Thank you. Carolyn |
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| | | From: Joel | Sent: 12/29/2005 10:19 PM |
Hello Carolyn: Much of the discoloration of the lung will remain, although the chemicals deposited do start to lose their potency. Where the real benefit of quitting can be seen is at the cellular level. While the underlying tissue remains discolored and destroyed, the lining tissue of the bronchus does in fact return to normal and is cleared out. While this may not look impressive to the naked eye, it is of great importance--for this is the tissue where the vast majority of lung cancers actually occur. That is why quitting smoking and allowing this tissue to regenerate plays such a paramount factor in reducing the risks of developing lung cancer. Read that article and if you then have any follow-up questions feel free to get back in touch. Joel |
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| | | From: Joel | Sent: 12/29/2005 10:20 PM |
Thank you, Joel. I quit 1 month and 3 days ago and feel fantaastic. I smoked for 20 years and when I saw the pictures I thought all was lost for me. Thank you for your prompt reply, I feel a lot better. Carolyn |
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| | From: Joel | Sent: 2/13/2006 9:56 PM |
I quit smoking and today (one week) I'm not smoking, i was wondering if my lungs will ever return to pink and healthy as before i started smoking.
I know in my heart i'm finished with smoking and the smell and cost, i love your site and alll the great information available to people today about not smoking, it's just not worth losing your life or a lung.
Thank you
Mickie
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| | | From: Joel | Sent: 5/4/2007 1:56 PM |
This is probably the most often asked question I get via email to the AskJoel site. Since I started this thread I have made a number of new videos that covers this topic. Here are links to the videos that discuss smoking's impact on the lungs and the repairs that occur after a person quits. | Video Title<o:p></o:p> | Dial-Up<o:p></o:p> | HS/BB<o:p></o:p> | Audio<o:p></o:p> | Length<o:p></o:p> | Added<o:p></o:p> | | See how smoking destroys the lungs<o:p></o:p> | 1.55mb<o:p></o:p> | 4.59mb<o:p></o:p> | <o:p></o:p> | 04:13<o:p></o:p> | 11/27/06<o:p></o:p> | | The Palmolive bottle demonstration<o:p></o:p> | 2.84mb<o:p></o:p> | 19.1mb<o:p></o:p> | 1.15mb<o:p></o:p> | 07:45<o:p></o:p> | 10/11/06<o:p></o:p> | | Learning how to inhale<o:p></o:p> | 1.70mb<o:p></o:p> | 16.8mb<o:p></o:p> | 0.69mb<o:p></o:p> | 04:38<o:p></o:p> | 10/02/06<o:p></o:p> | | The Palmolive bottle demonstration<o:p></o:p> | 2.84mb<o:p></o:p> | 19.1mb<o:p></o:p> | 1.15mb<o:p></o:p> | 07:45<o:p></o:p> | 10/11/06<o:p></o:p> | | Lung cancer<o:p></o:p> | 3.04mb<o:p></o:p> | 6.55mb<o:p></o:p> | <o:p></o:p> | 18:48<o:p></o:p> | 11/05/06<o:p></o:p> | <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> |
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I MUST say I'm so grateful to Joel.I would like to write more but it's not topik about that.I quit at 10th of this mounth after 11 years of smoking.Now I'm on bike every day for 4_5 hours and now I can bread like never before.Before quit I was in pain,slow hard speaker...... Thank you! P.S sorry for my english! |
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| | | From: Joel | Sent: 7/16/2007 1:09 PM |
This is probably the most often asked question I get via email to the AskJoel site. Since I started this thread I have made a number of new videos that covers this topic. Here are links to the videos that discuss smoking's impact on the lungs and the repairs that occur after a person quits. |
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