Since COVID-19 attacks your lungs, their health is of utmost importance. And with most of us being forced to stay at home as much as possible, this may be the time to drop the habit!
Smoking is a long-term addiction and healing your lungs after dropping cigarettes will also require quite some time. But if you succeed in doing it now, regeneration will begin immediately, with results noticeable within days and crucial respiratory cilia being the first elements to recover. Those days and weeks of self-healing may prove crucial once you face the novel coronavirus.
Some pessimistic visions suggest most of us won't be able to avoid contracting the virus at some point in upcoming months, even over a year, while a cure may still not be available. The virus may be coming in waves, also to areas which may now feel entirely safe.
This makes the prospect of quitting smoking a potentially life-saving idea. Of course, leaving the habit behind won't reverse the years of harm already done to one's lungs, but it will increase respiratory function step by step and each of these steps matters. The way your body clears mucus from the lungs will improve in a matter of weeks, something very important particularly in severe COVID-19 cases.
