Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Effects of Smoking - Quitting smoking improves the natural sleep

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What are the effects of smoking on sleep? According to a study published February 4, 2008 in the journal Chest, smokers are four times more likely to wake up tired than nonsmokers. Chest is an American publication that specializes in sleep medicine.

Recent research has shown that not only smokers have more difficulty falling asleep, but they also benefit from deep sleep shorter. The stimulant effects of nicotine would prevent them from falling asleep quickly. Moreover, throughout the night, a slight feeling of lack is also disrupt the sleep of smoking, which tends to make its somewhat foggy mornings.

These discoveries are the result of a study conducted by Dr. Naresh M. Punjabi, Faculty of Medicine, "Johns Hopkins' Baltimore, Maryland.

His team was initially interested in a group of 6441 volunteers in a national study on cardiovascular health. The researchers targeted only smokers in good health, ie not suffering from emphysema, heart failure, lung cancer, diabetes, or any other pathology. The task proved difficult on the entire group, only 40 individuals met these criteria.

These volunteers, who smoked on average 25 cigarettes per day were combined with 40 non-smokers in good health. All have returned home with special equipment, which, among others, could measure and transcribe the changes in brain activity during sleep.

Scientists have discovered that these changes were more frequent and more rapid in smokers. These symptoms are associated with poor sleep quality. In contrast, the results showed periods of deep, restorative sleep longer in non-smokers and this type of sleep that stimulates growth hormone secretion and promotes healing, in other words, which guarantees a good night.

Questions: "Did you sleep well? "And" Do you feel rested? "Only 5% of smokers responded positively, against 23% of non smokers.

The study highlighted the fact that the smoker is deprived of the restorative effects of sleep, which is another reason to encourage him to stop. Dr. Punjabi cares, and, continuing his research will pave the way for the manufacture of new products to help smokers to sleep well. He knows that in times of smoking cessation, waking up tired every morning makes the effort more difficult.