We spend hundreds of pounds on vacuum cleaners and organic floor scrubs to make our homes sparkle every March. But what about the machinery that keeps you moving?
If you smoke or vape, your "internal filters" have been working overtime. This season, instead of just dusting the blinds, why not give your lungs, your blood and the layers of your skin a much-needed spring clean.
Think of your lungs like the air filters in your car air con system. Over time, smoking and vaping build up "dust" (tar and chemical residue).
Within hours your lungs begin their own natural deep-clean.
Within days, your cilia, the tiny brushes in your airways, start working effectively again, sweeping out the debris.
If you smoke or vape they try to do this every morning. Given the chance they will clean your airways the way they're meant to.
Carbon monoxide from smoke is like an uninvited guest that refuses to leave the party; it takes up the seats meant for oxygen. When you clear the air, your blood oxygen levels return to normal.
Suddenly, your heart doesn’t have to work twice as hard to move you from the sofa to the kitchen. Your skin gets all the oxygen it needs to renew cells, and there is a feeling of energy that is like nothing you've experienced.
Spring is full of incredible smells, damp earth, blooming jasmine, fresh rain (don’t we know it!). Smoking dulls those senses. Cleaning your body means "turning the volume up" on life. Food tastes better, and you’ll finally dispose of the indelicate aroma of a stale ashtray or a bubblegum-flavoured cloud.
You don't have to be perfect, you just have to start the "decluttering" process. Every cigarette or vape you refuse is a bit more polish on your health. Doing away with them altogether will let you shine, both inside and out.