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This is a clear description. ^^^^^^^^^ I'm trying to get this gif to work Joy ! It is working. and I am adding a link to a thread with information about How Smoking Changes Our DNA
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There is a lot of misinformation about how soon nicotine leaves your body. Many are saying, three days but, this doesn't seem to be the truth. Nicotine is far more pernicious and sticky, if you will. I know I celebrated the 'three days free of nicotine' but I would have rather known the truth. so, in the spirit of Truth, I give you this from DrugRehab.com "Nicotine can be traced in saliva for up to four days, in blood for about 10 days, in urine for up to three weeks and in hair for up to three months." in Medical News Today "According to the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, it can take over 2 weeks for a person's blood to reach the same cotinine levels as someone who does not use tobacco. It takes several more weeks for the urine levels to become very low. Traces of nicotine may stay in the hair for longer. The more someone smokes, and the higher the frequency of smoking, the longer nicotine takes to leave the body. The exact length of time it takes for nicotine to clear differs between people: Nicotine may stay in the body for longer in adults aged over 65 years. Women tend to process nicotine more quickly than men, especially if they are taking birth control pills. The body will take longer to remove nicotine in people who have smoked more frequently and for longer." Here is more evidence Healthline How long does Nicotine Stay in Your Body from IPRC Nicotine Distribution and Excretion From the Mayo Clinic, Nicotine and Metablolites, Serum We are not playing with a nice drug. Nicotine is sticky, not to mention the zillion other chemicals we were freebasing while smoking. This is all the more reasons to quit, quit early and celebrate each and every day you are nicotine free.
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How can quitting be so simple - DO NOT SMOKE - and so fragile at the same time - JUST ONE can set you back, destroy your quit, make you start all over. The paradox of addiction?
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Sadly, that's not a euphemism for anything fun. -_- At the end of Day 3, and leading up into Day 6, I was itchy. Actually, literally, physically...itchy. It actually makes me itchy now, just thinking about it. :o My upper chest, neck, face, especially around the jaw, and head came down with a serious case of THE ITCHES. It came out of the blue, it was sudden, and it was really annoying. Like dealing with multiple mosquito bites. There were no bites, no bumps and not even a hint of a rash. The skin, unbroken, looked normal. I went through a mental checklist. Did I change my shampoo, soap, laundry detergent, lotion, anything? No. Did I eat a food I've never eaten before? No. It wasn't cat allergies - those make my eyes red and itchy and they make me sneeze, but they also make me really red and blotchy. And that wasn't happening. Also, my cat allergies only get that bad when I groom the little buggers. So it wasn't that. I do shower regularly. LOL So...what changed? The only thing that was different was that I quit smoking. And when the itching started, the nicotine was almost out of my system. Maybe my body was trying to expel some chemicals? I don't know. All I know is, I spent several days scratching. Ugh. Nothing helped. Not lotion, not Benadryl, not anything. But I got through it. And by the middle of Day 6, it stopped, just as suddenly as it had started. Haven't had an issue since. But now that experience serves as another great reason to NOPE. If I do, I will be right back to Hell Week, and THE ITCHES. No thanks. NOPE. That's not the kind of itch I want to scratch. Never again. :blink:
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Below are excerpts from an article in The Financial Express and sound just like what Big Tobacco got away with for years. Most e-cigarette labels wrong about nicotine content "Researchers at North Dakota State University, Fargo, found that 51 percent of labels on e-cigarette liquid nicotine containers from 16 North Dakota stores don’t accurately reflect the levels of nicotine found in the products. In one instance, actual nicotine levels were 172 percent higher than labeled. The majority of e-cigarette liquid containers also did not provide child-resistant packaging. The study examined products purchased from North Dakota retail stores selling e-cigarettes, but not required to have a tobacco retail license. The research team noted that 23 e-liquid containers claimed to have no nicotine, but 43 percent did, in fact, contain nicotine."
