Hi, I am having withdrawal symptoms from leaving a friends house who smoked about 2 packs a day or more even the same symptoms as when I quot smoking on july 27th is this normal?

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Hello lybrate-user. Yes this is normal to have withdrawal symptoms passive smoking is almost equivalent to active smoking and causes same harm to your lungs as active smoking would do. But with time withdrawal symptoms will settle if they donot you can choose to have pharmacological intervention i.e. Medicine for it.

Vandana Patidar · Accepted Answer

Hello lybrate-user. Yes this is normal to have withdrawal symptoms passive smoking is almost equivalent to active smoking and causes same harm to your lungs as active smoking would do. But with time withdrawal symptoms will settle if they donot you can choose to have pharmacological intervention i.e. Medicine for it.

Saranya Devanathan · Answer

Dear lybrate-user, This is passive smoking. Nicotine is released in the atmosphere to some extent. Smoke gets attached to your clothes and come with you for some more time. If it only withdrawal symptoms, you know how to manage them. Congratulation for managing them for more than 2 months. But if it is craving leading to relapse, you better learn about relapse prevention. Especially when you have to be with smoking friends. The best, will be to avoid their face to face contact. Let them be with audio or video contact.