Can quitting smoking cause missed period?

Smoking shortens your cycle and when you quite your cycle can be impacted and actually for the better. Cycle lengthens closer to the average 28 days.

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I know this thread is old.. so I’m not sure if anyone will find this reply or thread but I’m going to answer anyways in hopes to help the next person!

(I smoked close to 10 years minus 9 months when i was pregnant with my son who is now almost 5)

I turned 29 4/23/22. I quit smoking 4/21/22 .. smoked one ciggy and it was in the morning that day. My period was expected 4/26/22 & since having a miscarriage in April of 2021, upon the arrival of my period again- my periods have been on time, every time.

The night of the 21st - couldn’t sleep and had hot flashes. Literal sweat.

The day of the 22nd - hot all day, sweating all day. Couldn’t sleep that nights.

The 23rd (my birthday) - i was fine.

Back to the period, so my period did not come on the 26th. In fact, it just came yesterday. 5/7/2022.. i was 11 days late. ELEVEN DAYS. Now there is next to nothing on the internet about this but the answer is YES! It can definitely delay your period. I’m no science major so i can’t explain but I’m pretty sure it would have to go with the interaction of estrogen and nicotine. Don’t quote me tho LOL. Also, i knew i wasn’t pregnant as i did not have sex in April and had my period in March.

Call it a feminine urge but i still tested for pregnancy on 5/2/2022- negative. Although i knew that it would be. Just wanted to make sure i wasn’t going to be one of those women like from the show “i didn’t know i was pregnant” LOL. If that test would’ve been positive- it would’ve been from an encounter from February 2022. Which explains why i said i knew pregnancy wasn’t a possibility for me.

Also- my appetite was opposite of people who decide to quit. Lost an appetite completely and lost 15 pounds in 3 weeks. Because let me clarify - when April 1st came - i drastically cut back to like only 3-4 ciggys a day. And just weaned myself down and off on 4/21/22!

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Me again, couldn’t figure out how to edit my comment but wanted to add that the day of the 22nd of April (the day after i quit) i had a slight headache all day.

Also- i correlated my period being late to me stopping ciggys because it was too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence. As i had not had sex and nothing else/new/stressful was going on in my life. Literally the ONLY thing different was that i quit smoking ciggys. Chopped it up to my body going thru a lot internally and was right! Good luck to you my dears. And congratulations on quitting ciggys! -xoxo Kourtney

I am 38 turning 39 this year.. I quit a 3 days ago but my withdraws are on the same level as a heroin withdraws.. It is hard to eat,my belly is in constant knots,diarrhea,feeling like vomiting , massive sweats at night,crazy ass dreams cold flashes,moody and feeling like slapping people for doing things that I USE to be able to tolerate but now it is extra annoying. My period is 2 days late.. I KNOW I am not pregnant -only how THAT could be possible is if the holy spirit has given me the '2nd coming'.. My periods use to last 3-5 days at max.. And at 38 I actually look forward to getting my period since it has me believe everything is working fine even if I am not trying....I will be trying in 2 months once my husband is here.. Now it is not here and I am feeling like not smoking is effecting it... Seeing that article did help a bit.. Thanks...

I am 38 turning 39 this year.. I quit a 3 days ago but my withdraws are on the same level as a heroin withdraws.. It is hard to eat,my belly is in constant knots,diarrhea,feeling like vomiting , massive sweats at night,crazy ass dreams cold flashes,moody and feeling like slapping people for doing things that I USE to be able to tolerate but now it is extra annoying. My period is 2 days late.. I KNOW I am not pregnant -only how THAT could be possible is if the holy spirit has given me the '2nd coming'.. My periods use to last 3-5 days at max.. And at 38 I actually look forward to getting my period since it has me believe everything is working fine even if I am not trying....I will be trying in 2 months once my husband is here.. Now it is not here and I am feeling like not smoking is effecting it... Seeing that article did help a bit.. Thanks...

Hi, I quit cold turkey, and after 6 days I had an extra perioid at cycle day 13, 6 days after quitting. Usually my perioid lasts 3-4 days. Now it is 4th day and no since of stopping....

Thank you for your story! I came here because I'm 4 days late, 33 days nicotine free!!!
Definitely not pregnant bc abstinence!

Okay I'm way late to the party but I am experiencing the same thing right now. I quit vaping about a month ago after 2 years of consistent vaping. I am now several days late on my period when previously I was pretty consistent. I took 3 pregnancy tests that came out negative. Glad to see I'm not alone! :)

THANK YOU!! YOU HELPED A GIRL HERE! ALMOST 2 MONTHS IVE QUIT SMOKING..AND SAME PROBLEM. THANK U!

WHAT I AM SO GLAD I FOUND THIS! I stopped smoking mid December and didn’t get a period until mid February! I didn’t think anything of it until this morning. I took soooo many tests even though I was certain I couldn’t be pregnant. This is insane, I wonder why it’s not a common topic online!