Blood Pressure

[TBD]

I keep reading about how nicotine raises blood pressure. But... after being in a doctors office two days in a row it seems my BP has dropped by 20 points since drastically lowering my cig intake.
Does this make sense? Have any of you guys had similar results? Or am I just lucky?

[texasmade]

i think its the way the nicotine is ingested...

[sagedil]

I really think you are just lucky. MY BP is most definitely increased by snus, as it was by cigarettes. I know what my readings were during times of no nicotine.

It is something I watch with some regularity. For now, even increased, my BP is just below where it needs to not go. I would have to consider changes should it move significantly into where it shouldn't be.

[Sal1000us]

TBD,

First of all, congrats. I quit smoking about a month a half ago ( I never thought it was going to be possible, but it was with some help from snus) and have been monitoring my bp once a day. My systolic is down by 5 units and diastolic is down by 10. I would like to think it is mostly attributed to the lack of the 4000 chemicals, compounds, solids, pesticides & poisons I was adding to my body through 20-30 cigs daily.

I have also noticed my bp increases for about 20 - 30 minutes when snusing which is normal ( a function of nicotine) but it never stays high and eventually comes down when not snusing or the nic in the snus runs out.

[TBD]

I have went from 2 packs a day to 2-3 cigs a day. I really think it is the lack of all the "extras" not my nicotine levels. Between snuff and snus I bet my average nic levels are higher. My Bo was always around 140/80, which is right on the line of bad. Now it's 110/65 ish. My doctor is pretty happy with that.
I hope to knock off the cigs completely, eventually. I just can't get rid of that last couple. Like trying to lose those last 2 pounds when on a diet.

[Sal1000us]

Although it varies from person to person, I think my addiction to cigs. was 80% psychological/ritual and 20% addiction to nic. I was pretty much lost the first couple of weeks when I quit, I used to find myself in the mornings on the patio where I used to smoke just to realize I didn't have to be there since I am not smoking. It took about a month for the urge to subside and I am almost alright about not smoking after about 1.5 months. I think what is really helping me is the fact that I am now thinking about snus instead of cigs and that is what is in my head.

BTW, 110/65 is a perfect bp, just make sure you don’t go way below 65. We run onsite clinics and use health risk assessment software to assess patients. Usually very young and athletic patients are around 110/70 and the HRA system assigns a score of 100 out of 100 to such a bp

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