The Real Cost of Smoking – Video Demonstrating The Harmful Effects of Smoking
The following video is a pretty basic one but it is one that yet again reiterates just how harmful smoking cigarettes can be and why it is a great idea to pursue quitting if you area smoker yourself. The video focuses on Dr. Joshua Fink, M.D. who outlines the negative effects of regularly smoking cigarettes for us. Again, it’s a pretty basic video but it also does a good job of projecting some of the major health concerns as far as regular tobacco use goes such as an added risk for heart attack, tar filled lungs, a greater risk for lung sicknesses such as bronchitis, and discoloration of the skin.
Overall, this is a quality video but that’s not to say I don’t have a few issues with it. The thing is, whenever you are presented with anti-smoking information such as the following video (even if smoking is generally deemed bad for the health it still is anti-smoking), the information presents the negatives with aligned with heavier tobacco use. Smoking a pack of cigarettes is obviously going to wreck havoc on your lungs and body in general. But, if you are a smoker who is smokes cigarettes in moderation (less than 5 or so cigarettes a day) then you probably won’t experience the negatives to the same extent. Another thing to keep in mind is that it is mainly the added chemicals in cigarettes and heavy use that make them extremely dangerous in the lung run and leave smokers prone to cancer. I’ll be covering these topics more in depth in later post(s) but keep them in mind when watching the video.
Lastly, take what I said above with a grain of salt. I’m no medical expert and this is merely what I have concluded based on my own research. I’ll also be exploring these topics more in depth and explaining why I believe what I believe at a later time. And yes, this is a stop smoking related website! My goal is not to get you to start smoking cigarettes but rather to give an unbiased view on smoking and to help you quit if you so choose to do so.
