My chest feels tight after smoking... iin

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I'm a newbie to smoking cigarettes (yeah I'm young and stupid, but not that young!) and have only been smoking for a couple of weeks. I only smoke about two cigarettes per week and a few hours after smoking today, my chest started to feel really tight and it still does.
I don't feel ill at all and I am capable of taking deep breaths, but my chest feels heavy and tight.

Is this normal?
Will this feeling go away in a couple of days if I abstain from smoking?

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Based on 10 votes (6 yes)
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  • EuphoniumLizz
    6 years ago

    Chest tightness could be mild asthma. I don't smoke but if someone smokes around me my chest gets tight. Smoking isn't good for you.

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  • Diego35LovesHilda29
    7 years ago

    Probably working up to a heart attack, other than smoking how is your diet.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      6 years ago

      This is what I thought so I called an ambulance but my oxygen levels, blood pressure etc were completely fine. I then went to see my GP the next day and he couldn't find anything physically wrong with me even though my chest still felt incredibly tight.
      My diet isn't perfect but it's pretty good.

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  • RoseIsabella
    7 years ago

    It won't hurt you to quit smoking. I used to always crave a cigarette whenever I was feeling stressed, but a few years back I quit, because it just seemed like a waste of money. I dunno, why it was so easy for me to quit, but it certainly wasn't difficult. I do occasionally still crave a cigarette, and the times I've smoked one in the past year I find myself feeling much worse afterward; after a cigarette my heart rate is up, I'm slightly nauseous and I feelike dizzy.

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  • SmokeEverything
    7 years ago

    Smoking 2 cigarettes a week isn't going to hurt you at all. Don't be a baby. Do you smoke anything else?

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    • Angelandme
      7 years ago

      That's right, don't be a baby OP stick your face behind an old working tractor exhaust and inhale like me.
      Tractor rush > nicotine rush

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      • SmokeEverything
        7 years ago

        I prefer huffing paint

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