When we smoke, there are physiological changes, of course—the heart rate, blood pressure, circulation and blood are affected. But when we stop smoking, the effects do not endure; they gradually disappear. The heart rate returns to normal (permanent damage excluded, of course) and so does the blood pressure. The body does not demand more nicotine; it continues as efficiently as possible to eliminate as much of this poison as possible.
It is a well accepted medical fact that the body never—no matter how long you have been smoking— never becomes accustomed to the nicotine and coal tars in cigarette smoke. You could put it this way. The body has a desperate desire and need for drugs when the drug addict attempts “withdrawal.” Quite to the contrary, the body actually feels and is better when the smoker stops smoking. The “withdrawal” in smoking is mental, not physical.
“BUT THE DAMAGE IS ALREADY DONE”
Again and again I hear people say something that I often said myself: “I’ve smoked so long that the damage is done. There’s no sense quitting now.”
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