Early effects of quitting smoking

✍ Scribed by Richard M. Gilbert; Marilyn A. Pope

• Book ID: 104771727
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 816 KB
• Volume: 78
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0033-3158
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00432247

✦ Synopsis

Heart rate, hand tremor, skin temperature, eating, and craving for cigarettes were examined in 19 smokers who quit for I day. Measures of heart rate and hand tremor were lower during abstinence; craving seemed greater, skin temperature was higher, and there was more eating, particularly snacking, but no shift in preference towards sweet foods. Quitting brings about profound changes in a smoker's physiology and behaviour, even during the first day. Anticipation of these changes could help would-be quitters, and those who advise them.