Smoking Lowers Resistance To The Flu
May 4, 2006 by admin
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
To increase your resistance to the flu, as well as many other resperatory illnesses, you should at least cut back your smoking although stopping completely will reap you the most benefit.
For those of you who are not ready to quit remember that smoking will make your flu symptoms worse. If you can stop smoking while you are ill it can greatly improve your recovery time. Another help would be if you can avoid secondhand smoke altogether.
There are many resources around the internet that have information about the flu and smoking. Here are links to just a few:
Smoking and Influenza from the CDC
All About Smoking from the American Lung Association
What to do if you have the flu
Women’s top health threats: A surprising list
I quit smoking last October with the help of whyquit.com I learned how helpful fruit juice can be when you have those sudden cravings.
I highly recommend it to everyone who smokes. And after 20 years of smoking, I’d have to say it was the easiest method I’d tried.