# \#Smoking **URL:** https://community.patient.info/tag/smoking/436.md [Latest](https://community.patient.info/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.patient.info/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.patient.info/tags.md) --- ## [Dull Chest Pain](https://community.patient.info/t/dull-chest-pain/937670)
**Author:** [@idhemdbj](https://community.patient.info/u/idhemdbj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [2 June 2026 12:36 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/dull-chest-pain/937670 "2026-06-02T12:36:51Z")
34M, moderate smoker. Since Nov 2025, after taking metoclopramide + fluoxetine, I had what felt like a panic-like episode. Shortly after that, I started developing symptoms that have not fully resolved. Main symptoms: Pe… --- ## [Share your experience of NHS telehealth](https://community.patient.info/t/share-your-experience-of-nhs-telehealth/821965)
**Author:** [@helen123](https://community.patient.info/u/helen123)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 October 2025 09:08 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/share-your-experience-of-nhs-telehealth/821965 "2025-10-15T09:08:05Z")
Hi, I am a dissertation student from the University of Cambridge is studying how telephone, video, and online consultations are shaping patient experiences in the NHS. The research aims to better understand how telehealt… --- ## [Why do young people start smoking?](https://community.patient.info/t/why-do-young-people-start-smoking/483141)
**Author:** [@anon53727290](https://community.patient.info/u/anon53727290)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [18 September 2025 20:15 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/why-do-young-people-start-smoking/483141 "2025-09-18T20:15:55Z")
? --- ## [Anyone taken champix](https://community.patient.info/t/anyone-taken-champix/820492)
**Author:** [@Heather\_Higson](https://community.patient.info/u/Heather_Higson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 August 2025 12:57 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/anyone-taken-champix/820492 "2025-08-18T12:57:48Z")
I have stopped for four weeks on them(then had one cigarette).. should I just continue with my Champs and forget the lapse --- ## [Champix /Varenicline Please help!](https://community.patient.info/t/champix-varenicline-please-help/714870)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1269131](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1269131)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [1 August 2025 15:00 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/champix-varenicline-please-help/714870 "2025-08-01T15:00:21Z")
I’ve been taking champix for 5 weeks now and am extremely suicidal, aggressive, agitated, unpredictable, paranoid etc etc I have stopped champix 2 days ago how long does it take to get back to myself or do I need to get … --- ## [Is Vaping more dangerous than cigarettes? I wonder](https://community.patient.info/t/is-vaping-more-dangerous-than-cigarettes-i-wonder/714098)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1267799](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1267799)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [19 October 2019 04:44 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/is-vaping-more-dangerous-than-cigarettes-i-wonder/714098 "2019-10-19T04:44:32Z")
From my own experience I believe vaping is more poisonous than cigarettes. I’ am a smoker of up to 40 cigarettes per day for 40 years. Started smoking at 12 years old. For the last 4 years I’ve tried everything on the… --- ## [Should I smoke?](https://community.patient.info/t/should-i-smoke/797233)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1457172](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1457172)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [26 February 2023 11:04 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/should-i-smoke/797233 "2023-02-26T11:04:33Z")
Really it is up to you. Although it is bad for you. Why is it bad? Smoking is bad because it can cause cardiovascular Disease such as Heart Disease and Stroke. Some smokers end up having their limbs amputated due to … --- ## [Lung problem?](https://community.patient.info/t/lung-problem/751663)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1347150](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1347150)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [26 February 2023 11:09 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/lung-problem/751663 "2023-02-26T11:09:53Z")
Hello, sorry for my bad english but i hope that u can understand, thanks :slight\_smile: So my questions is If u can hold ur breath for like 90-120 second, does it mean that ur lung are healthy ? If I can run up 120 ste… --- ## [Bizarre overlap of symptoms between smoking methods...no nicotine!](https://community.patient.info/t/bizarre-overlap-of-symptoms-between-smoking-methods-no-nicotine/769674)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1394704](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1394704)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [27 August 2021 16:25 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/bizarre-overlap-of-symptoms-between-smoking-methods-no-nicotine/769674 "2021-08-27T16:25:00Z")
Physical sensitivity runs in my family. So does addiction. So I was unsurprised when I put myself into a near constant state of what I assumed to be nicotine poisoning. Smoking, vaping, replacement therapies, etc…all wou… --- ## [Quit smoking 3 months ago constant mouth pain](https://community.patient.info/t/quit-smoking-3-months-ago-constant-mouth-pain/785171)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1428771](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1428771)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 May 2022 13:53 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/quit-smoking-3-months-ago-constant-mouth-pain/785171 "2022-05-30T13:53:42Z")
I smoked 20 a day for 20 years. i quit smoking 3 months ago, had a gym infection which was treated by antibiotics. have been to the dentist several times who says there’s nothing wrong with guns or teeth. Had full blood … --- ## [Stopping smoking](https://community.patient.info/t/stopping-smoking/782366)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1422596](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1422596)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [3 April 2022 16:25 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/stopping-smoking/782366 "2022-04-03T16:25:57Z")
so, probably like many before and after me, I write this after throwing 7 fags in the sink, soaking them and dumping them in the bin. The smell, taste cost… and more importantly… my health… also coming to the realisa… --- ## [My Dad Is Peeing Bits Of Black](https://community.patient.info/t/my-dad-is-peeing-bits-of-black/740579)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1319583](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1319583)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [26 October 2021 04:52 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/my-dad-is-peeing-bits-of-black/740579 "2021-10-26T04:52:16Z")
So I’m travelling in an RV with my dad. There isn’t super great soundproofing, and so this one time when he peed it sounded like diarrhea- soupy. I thought maybe it was just diarrhea, but he forgot to flush. When I went … --- ## [Champix nearly 2 months not feeliing great](https://community.patient.info/t/champix-nearly-2-months-not-feeliing-great/767202)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1388838](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1388838)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 July 2021 17:40 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/champix-nearly-2-months-not-feeliing-great/767202 "2021-07-22T17:40:07Z")
Hi half way through my second month of Champix and I feel awful last 3 days or so. Firstly my stomach is really hurting like I have heartburn and also like a slight tingling to both my hands anyone else experienced some… --- ## [Day 5 on Champix to stop smoking ....Headache](https://community.patient.info/t/day-5-on-champix-to-stop-smoking-headache/742796)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1324714](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1324714)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 July 2020 14:53 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/day-5-on-champix-to-stop-smoking-headache/742796 "2020-07-23T14:53:36Z")
Hi, Today is my 5th Day on Champix , since day 3 I’ve had tension headache .I’m still smoking as much as ever ,no desire to cut down ,no bad taste or nausea just the headaches.I have taken 2 lots of paracetamol. I had… --- ## [Stopped Champix 2 years ago but still have anxiety!](https://community.patient.info/t/stopped-champix-2-years-ago-but-still-have-anxiety/751168)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1345932](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1345932)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [9 December 2020 19:32 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/stopped-champix-2-years-ago-but-still-have-anxiety/751168 "2020-12-09T19:32:23Z")
Hi, I took Champix 2 years ago as I wanted to stop smoking, I took it for 2 weeks and it wasn’t doing anything for me. It wasn’t putting me off smoking, it didn’t make me feel sick. I had no side effects from it. But I d… --- ## [Champix is making me squamish, any advice?](https://community.patient.info/t/champix-is-making-me-squamish-any-advice/747212)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1334839](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1334839)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [26 September 2020 01:28 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/champix-is-making-me-squamish-any-advice/747212 "2020-09-26T01:28:11Z")
Hi there, I have been taking Champix for 2 weeks now. Just the past few days they have been making me feel like I have a hangover/sqaumish. I fall asleep randomly and I feel like I am becoming lazy. I did the patch for… --- ## [Is inhaling smoke smell from a room dangerous?](https://community.patient.info/t/is-inhaling-smoke-smell-from-a-room-dangerous/745874)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1331337](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1331337)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [4 September 2020 02:07 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/is-inhaling-smoke-smell-from-a-room-dangerous/745874 "2020-09-04T02:07:35Z")
Hello, About a year ago I was doing a baseball draft, and I was in a room with my uncle’s older friends, and I was in the room for about 3 hours maybe. One or two of them were smoking cigars in the basement and you can … --- ## [Smoking Herbs other than Tobacco](https://community.patient.info/t/smoking-herbs-other-than-tobacco/743159)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1325804](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1325804)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [28 July 2020 21:54 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/smoking-herbs-other-than-tobacco/743159 "2020-07-28T21:54:03Z")
Hey, I smoked tobacco on and off for a while, but never really liked the flavor or enjoyed the need for a nicotine kick. I’m thinking about smoking dried mint leaves instead and want to ask a medical professional what … --- ## [Has anyone gave up the e-cig with champix?](https://community.patient.info/t/has-anyone-gave-up-the-e-cig-with-champix/727363)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1294038](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1294038)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [10 February 2020 19:18 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/has-anyone-gave-up-the-e-cig-with-champix/727363 "2020-02-10T19:18:54Z")
Iv been smoking the e-cig for the past 4 years now tobacco flavoured nicotine 12mg . Im really struggling to give up so went on champix 3 weeks ago and still struggling! I have defiently cut down but don’t see myself ful… --- ## [Help me quit smoking, I simply can't control myself](https://community.patient.info/t/help-me-quit-smoking-i-simply-cant-control-myself/711859)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1259741](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1259741)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [23 December 2019 12:11 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/help-me-quit-smoking-i-simply-cant-control-myself/711859 "2019-12-23T12:11:59Z")
Hello everyone, I am 19 years old I’ve been smoking for 2 years since 2017. I really want to stop smoking, I’ve been trying to quit for months, It still doesn’t work out for me. Can somebody help me out with a specific s… --- ## [Ex-Smoker - Am I still at risk?](https://community.patient.info/t/ex-smoker-am-i-still-at-risk/721696)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1281941](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1281941)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [10 December 2019 22:31 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/ex-smoker-am-i-still-at-risk/721696 "2019-12-10T22:31:33Z")
I’m 28 years old and have recently given up smoking after a steady reduction over several years. I’ve smoked for seven years probably averaging two cigarettes a day. At most I smoked 10 a day and for the past year only o… --- ## [Breathalysed before surgery](https://community.patient.info/t/breathalysed-before-surgery/703877)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1248296](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1248296)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [10 December 2019 22:18 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/breathalysed-before-surgery/703877 "2019-12-10T22:18:13Z")
Hi i am months away before gastric bypass surgery and was told i had to give up smoking, does anyone know if they breathaylise you before surgery ? --- ## [Quitting smoking](https://community.patient.info/t/quitting-smoking/720992)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1280506](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1280506)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [3 December 2019 07:20 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/quitting-smoking/720992 "2019-12-03T07:20:39Z")
Iv been a smoker since I was 13, I’m now 34 I’m using an asthma pump I get breathless and I have the most horrible cough. I have to wonderful sons who need me one is 12 the other is 6 I have many fears but my biggest is … --- ## [Smoked pot for years and now smell](https://community.patient.info/t/smoked-pot-for-years-and-now-smell/720646)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1279917](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1279917)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [28 November 2019 18:59 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/smoked-pot-for-years-and-now-smell/720646 "2019-11-28T18:59:43Z")
im currently 25 and have been a daily pot smoker for years. ive noticed that i have begun to smell (body odor). Its hard for me to notice but others seem to clearly. ive cut down to smoking only before bed but during th… --- ## [Chest discomfort](https://community.patient.info/t/chest-discomfort/713043)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1026573](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1026573)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [7 September 2019 13:35 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/chest-discomfort/713043 "2019-09-07T13:35:02Z")
I’ve been quit for 65 days from cigarettes. I feel much better except I have this dull feeling in my chest area. Its driving me crazy!!! I’ve had it checked out by my doctor even went to ER. Please anyone if u have insig… --- ## [I tried vaping and this happened](https://community.patient.info/t/i-tried-vaping-and-this-happened/711851)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1263957](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1263957)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [26 August 2019 19:08 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/i-tried-vaping-and-this-happened/711851 "2019-08-26T19:08:45Z")
I am a 15 year old male. So I wanted to try to vape out of curiousity, I knew the strict limits I should place in order to avoid addiction, and yeah I am not addicted, no symptoms whatsoever so far. I took 5 inhalations… --- ## [Smoked shisha once, how bad is it?](https://community.patient.info/t/smoked-shisha-once-how-bad-is-it/711102)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1262719](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1262719)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 August 2019 07:34 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/smoked-shisha-once-how-bad-is-it/711102 "2019-08-19T07:34:23Z")
hello, Last week I smoked shisha for the first time after I was told it was a lot less harmful than smoking cigarettes. I trusted that at the moment, but I decided to do my own research afterwards and found a lot of wor… --- ## [Infection symptoms / suspected reaction to cigarette smoke](https://community.patient.info/t/infection-symptoms-suspected-reaction-to-cigarette-smoke/704832)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1249874](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1249874)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [16 June 2019 19:04 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/infection-symptoms-suspected-reaction-to-cigarette-smoke/704832 "2019-06-16T19:04:27Z")
Good evening and thanks for looking into this.. I was wondering if someone would be able to help. I sensed smoke emitting from the flat above (which sounds trivial but has a huge impact on me) and since developed a few … --- ## [Stopped smoking](https://community.patient.info/t/stopped-smoking/704488)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1249321](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1249321)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [13 June 2019 02:46 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/stopped-smoking/704488 "2019-06-13T02:46:03Z")
Hi i am using the 24 hour patches stage 2 and nicorette inhalator 15mg i have quit smoking approx 12 weeks ago, i have coughed up all the tar now but the problem i have is that the inhalator as caused me to start coughin… --- ## [Lung disease at 30?](https://community.patient.info/t/lung-disease-at-30/704075)
**Author:** [@nh\_user\_1214452](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1214452)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [10 June 2019 05:07 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/lung-disease-at-30/704075 "2019-06-10T05:07:13Z")
I don’t know where to start really do this is gonna be a long one. I am female, 5ft 3 and 30year’s old. I’ve been a smoker for a long time. Full time smoker since I was 14, I’ve been smoking for the entirety of my adul… [Next page](https://community.patient.info/tag/smoking/436.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=Smoking)