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Smoking is harmful to your health and quitting this bad habit can reduce your risk of developing many diseases. But kicking the butt is not as easy as it sounds. People who have smoked heavily for many years may experience temporary physical and psychological withdrawal effects after they stop using tobacco. Nicotine is the main addictive substance in tobacco. Since your body is used to having it, quitting smoking can result in nicotine cravings. Other common nicotine withdrawal symptoms include anger, frustration, and irritability, anxiety, depression, weight gain, dizziness, increased dreaming, headaches and constipation. Yes, constipation is a withdrawal symptom of quitting smoking. Today, on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, we bring to you some easy tips to help you overcome the withdrawal symptoms so that you lead a healthier life.
Constipation is often connected to your lifestyle habits and diet pattern. According to experts, your habits like drinking too much tea, coffee, alcohol and smoking can disrupt your bowel pattern and cause constipation.
If you're a smoker, you may need one or two cigarettes to kick start your day and get the bowel movement started. This is because your body is used to the nicotine stimulus. Over a period, your body will develop tolerance to nicotine, and you may need to smoke more cigarettes to poop. So, once you stop smoking, you may start having constipation. One in six quitters develop constipation, according to a study published in the journal Addiction in 2003. For about one in 11, the problem can be severe.
But it doesn't mean that you should go back to smoking to get going with your bowel movement. There are many ways you can do to deal with constipation after you quit smoking such as:
Dealing with nicotine withdrawal symptoms can be tough and it could compel one to take up the vice once again. But hang in there! These symptoms will disappear in a few days as your body gets over the spell of the nicotine. Among the withdrawal symptoms, nicotine cravings are the strongest and the most tough ones to deal with. Cravings can start within 30 minutes of your final cigarette. But each craving last only for 15 to 20 minutes and there are many ways to overcome a craving. Here are some easy tips to overcome smoking urges: