This Is What Your Lungs Look Like After Smoking 20 Cigarettes

By Michael Avery in Health and Fitness On 4th October 2016
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#1

For some, the smoking of rolled up tobacco is classy, elegant and able to provide a sense of relief and relaxation, especially if you're on the job and want to take five.

#2

On the other hand, it causes cancer, horribly stained teeth and a plethora of other problems that I won't insult your intelligence by going over.

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#3

Of course, we've had the whole ‘lungs fill with tar when you smoke' bit drilled into our head a million and one times by school and PSAs, but have you wondered what that actually looks like? Well, you're about to get that answer, whether you've eaten or not.

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Youtube channel Veuer decided to show subscribers what happens to your lungs after you've smoked just twenty cigarettes.

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The results are nothing short of ghastly and, fair warning, this is not a video for the squeamish, and certainly not if you've consumed a hefty meal very recently:

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#6

Yikes. Not a pretty sight in the least, now is it? Hope you had a bucket within reach.

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#7

And that was for just 20 cigarettes. For your average smoker, that's maybe only a few days worth of smokes. Imagine what happens to your lungs after weeks, months, years of doing this. think how much more putrid and rancid it must be.

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#8

Sure, you may get a temporary sense of relief or joy from it, but that's how any type of drug works: you feel good, so you want more, and damned be the side effects of the product.