Tested at the end of December, TSH up to 2.75, now at the end of the second month of quit, weight up 7 lbs, even though swimming 5x a week for 45 min, eating very lightly, chewing Nicorette gum occasionally
It actually changes the chemical composition of the tobacco itself, which results in a different flavor profile so you might have the exact same components, the exact same ratios between a ribbon-cut tobacco and a plug-cut tobacco, but they're gonna be slightly different in flavor profile, generally speaking
All things considered, though, Bogaerts looks back on 2023 with a far better feeling than he expected to
Cigarettes deliver nicotine rapidly via deep lung absorption, exposing lung tissue to high levels of tar, carbon monoxide, and chemical combustion agents multiple times a day
In the 2009 study, subjects who chewed more than the median amount of gum in the first weeks were more than twice as likely to reach 28-day continuous smoking abstinence
These changes are localized to the site where tobacco is placed (Fig