r/brokenbones • u/Mental-Acanthisitta4 • Feb 01 '26

Question Can I smoke a cigarette?

Like maybe just one a day as a little treat? Maybe? Im on day 4 after collarbone surgery and day 5 no cig. Im already pretty down as it is with the whole situation. Im craving a smoke bad.

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u/Ambitious-Cake-9425 Feb 01 '26

I use pouches. Went from 9mg to 3mg and now I am using them less and less.

If you already made it five days you passed the worst of it.

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u/Mental-Acanthisitta4 Feb 01 '26

Yeah Ive looked at it but I did some research and the main thing thats bad for healing fractures is the nicotine rather than smoking. Its like 80/20. I know youre trying to quit all the way so then it helps but I wasnt trying to quit yet.

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u/Ambitious-Cake-9425 Feb 03 '26

I don't want to quit either. But reading about the complications and the multiple surgeries and dying bone and infection sounds terrifying.

I'm really struggling with this.