Why Smoking ANYTHING Is a Terrible Idea... 

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The second smartest thing I did on my wedding day (almost 43 years ago now) was to quit my pack a day cigarette habit as a wedding gift to my non-smoking wife. I've never regretted doing either thing.

Mom took years to quit smoking (Dad did it cold turkey). She took classes, chewed gum and even underwent hypnosis. None of it worked. She went to work in a hospital and saw the difference between a healthy lung and a smoker’s lung (perhaps cancerous). She stopped smoking that day. That was around 40 years ago… she’s 92 now.

Grandma smoked a pack a day for 50 years and was fine. Half brother smoked for a few years in high-school, later died not too long after with Stage 4 Lung Cancer. Love and miss you Bro

I have never seen a single video with such strong incentive to stop smoking. Well done, sir, you may have saved lives by making this

If people want to smoke tobacco, fine. It's when they force it on family members and people who aren't able to escape that environment that it becomes particularly vile.

A wise man once said: “You can either give up everything for one thing, or you can give up one thing for everything.”

this video stressed me out so much im gonna have to smoke a cigarette now

I started smoking at 17, now Im 28 and after 11 years of cronic tobacco adiction Im trying to quit, but fuuuuck its hard; this video helped a lot to understand the heavy impact of that shit. Thanks.

Growing up there were 8 of us that smoked cigarettes, right along with our parents. I quit 45 years ago, before I had any health issues from smoking. Both of my parents died from heart problems, 2 siblings died from copd and 2 died from lung cancer and 2 died from other illnesses. That leaves 2 of us. It was sad watching my family die from something that could have been avoided. Thanks for sharing what smoking does to our bodies. Hopefully it will give your followers the courage to give smoking up.

As a dental hygienist, I appreciate you providing such a thorough explanation and demonstration of the effects of smoking on oral health. I saved the timestamp so I can use it for better patient education! This was so easy to follow and the visuals are excellent!🦷✨

Today i had my last puff wish me luck

I am a month weed free, and my body is definitely feeling it but I’m choosing health over a temporary fix

As someone who recently quit smoking I can assure people that nicotine cravings diminish substantially over the course of three months. The first month was hard as after eating meals especially made me want to smoke. Keeping nice snacks like cashews and such to replace that craving does help. I’m almost 3 months now and have almost entirely lost my desire to smoke cigarettes. Always remember why you wanted to quit and snack regularly!

I'm a german paramedic and it is quite interesting that the average number of smokers is far higher within the medical proficiency (I would estimate that it is about twice as high)

I have been a passive smoker for 5 years. Now I am 6 months smoke free and going strong. For anyone reading this, it is much easier than you think. It becomes harder when you try to quit with the mindset that quitting smoking is hard. I feel much better and healthier. You can do it !!

I remember several years ago heroin addiction destroyed my life, I suffered from severe depression and a mental disorder until I was recommended to psilocybin mushroom treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly I'm 8 years clean now. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

I'm still impressed with my grandma, she quit cold turkey the moment tobacco companies lied a little less about the harmful effects. she started back when doctors advertised it and never smoked one again after doing a pack a day for 45 years straight

This has been my argument for years 😭😭😭 someone finally said it 😭 filling ya lungs with ANY smoke is not good. I don't care wat the smoke is from

I started smoking since my teenage, got addicted to cigarettes. Spent my whole life fighting Cigarettes addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Cigarettes addiction actually destroyed my life. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

i’ve watched this video 3 times and shared it to everyone i’m close with. this is the most educational video and is so easy to understand, thank you sm for educating me

As a heavy stoner (punintended) you are doing gods work here. There has developed a lot of ideological blindness in the weed community recently, thank you for tackeling the misinformation. 420

Two weeks sober today. I was vaping an ounce of wax every month. I’m an athlete so I rely heavily on my body. I can immediately feel the positive effects. I’ve also put a great deal of effort into my mental health lately and quitting has greatly assisted that as well. The withdrawals from having that much THC in my system have been devastating. I’m just NOW starting to feel better. But I’m glad I took my first steps. I hope anyone else struggling knows it’s okay to quit, you don’t need THC to regulate your emotions. ❤ Started smoking at 17 & I am now 27.

Thank you for keeping your explanations simple! This will go viral quickly!

I honestly love the comment section for this video and all the responses, positive and negative. Especially with cannabis. Iv been smoking pretty heavy since I stopped playing sports about 11 years ago. I’ll take breaks here and there, but somebody on this thread spoke to WHY I smoke. It’s literally to combat boredom. And at this point it was like a reflex even if I truly didn’t wanna smoke I did because of reflex and because I had time to spare. Iv always known how bad smoking is, but this video as well as you guys definitely made me quit. I honestly don’t think I’ll ever stop completely. But I wanna make it a healthier habit like drinking alcohol which I only do maybe a hand ful of times a year ( less than 4 times, don’t really like to drink) it’s only socially. But smoking just because your bored is somthing I had to stop doing it was restrictive, I do feel more anxiety, and feel a lot more like myself in socializing.

As a smoker, it hurts to watch but I love that I am now more educated and can make a decision about my smoking consumption

Recently decided to stop smoking weed. The impact to the lungs is a good reason but the habit of getting high to combat boredom was another issue I had. There’s so many things it can impact without someone realizing. Edit: currently 7 days sober as of writing(2/3/24). I bought some more stuff and ran out but Im planning to go as long as possible and I'm very confident I can do so. It's helps seeing all the comments saying the same scenario that I was dealing with❤️. I believe this is the right choice for me and what I want in life, it was always a battle of moderation and since I couldn’t control the temptations I’m quitting altogether. Good luck to those out there with the same goal!

I dont usually interact with videos cause I'm lazy but that fire pun was pure gold. Well done sir. 👌

This video is awesome whenever i feel the urge to smoke, i watch this and immediately want to brush my teeth instead of smoking.

I smoked cigarettes for 15 years. I started really young. As of today, I am 216 days clean from cigarettes!

this video should be projected in all schools around de world.... thanks for such a great coverage and powerful speech. Peace to my dad who left us last year after lung cancer.

I went through a period of cannabis addiction (now I still use it but more rarely), at some point I accepted that my near daily use wasn't disappearing any time soon and bought a dry herb vaporizer. Best health decision I could've made (aside from quitting maybe..).

Another thing about cannabis, if you are dabbing concentrates there isn’t combustion, tho inhaling hot vapors isn’t good for you, if you have a temp reader and you go in at recommended temperatures rather than just randomly going red hot it will definitely play a roll in the way you will feel over time, another thing is most dispensaries do not want to produce the cleanest healthiest product they simply want money, most concentrates they make contains butane or propane to get the most possible outcome while adding unatural terpenes for taste, while with solventless concentrates that aren’t very common and quite expensive at dispensaries are completely natural processes including water,ice,heat and pressure are much better for you, I would dab BHO on red hot quartz which means 800°+ and it’s absolutely terrible for you, definitely could feel pains in my chest until I studies more into it

Thank you for this, putting aside politics, personal preferences and beliefs, it's good to see plain science.

Having this video pop up just as I’m trying to quit smoking pot, feels like a message from the universe. Thank you for helping us learn more about our body! ❤

Ive been smoking for 20 years (im 34 now). Ive tryed to quit my adiction a few times, with more or less sucesfully... Now Im trying it again since 1 month, but now I have mor conviction about how dangerous is it, and how many years Ive been smoking (and how many cigarretes ive smoked..). Thanks for this video, its helpfull to keep the force. Thankyou.

rolling a joint while watching

I stated smoking weed at 16 or 17 everyday till recently 2 months ago I stopped I’m 21, the reason I stopped is because I felt I was losing myself and just living everyday to smoke. I was forgetting how to do normal day by day movements and constantly felt uncomfortable in my own body, not only that I have anxiety and it worsened my anxiety. I know you might think why would you keep doin it all those years when it never helped with anything, I’m not sure myself but I’m just glad I finally stopped, I feel much better physically and mentally.

I'm impressed and disturbed by my lack of shuttering when ripping the bong while watching this.

My doctor told me the same thing back in 1979 when I presented with a chronic cough after smoking cannabis. That stuck with me. With the exception of a couple of times thereafter, I stopped smoking. I was not at any risk of tobacco use. I took a drag off of a cigarette once and found it especially vile.

I feel like if doctors explained this to their patients in a concise simple manner that could help quite a few people quit. I’m about to turn 30 in a few months and I’ll be quitting the few cigarettes I’ve had every day.

I grew up in second hand smoke. Not only that but my parents would allow us to have cigarettes if we rolled so many cigarettes for them. In other words we were given 1 cigarette per every 20 we would roll for them. Over half of my siblings went on to become heavy smokers, developing COPD early in life. This is where I say “there but the grace of God go I.” Watching an autopsy of smoker’s lungs in the sixth grade clinched it for me and I never smoked again. Unfortunately the damage was already done. I now have decreased pulmonary function and exercise induced asthma. I loved to run, but could never become great because of my compromised respiratory status. I finally had to give it up because the albuterol inhaler I would use to breathe would cause increased heart rate making it even more difficult to breathe. I love to garden but pushing wheelbarrows of mulch and carrying heavy things makes me wheeze. Do I wish I had never smoked, yes. Do I wish my parents did not subject my young developing lungs to second hand smoke, yes. When I see people smoking nowadays when everyone knows the health risks it makes me cringe. Why would anyone pay a billion dollar industry to kill them?

As an avid weed smoker this video it's pretty informative

Recently swapped out using my bong every night for a mighty+ vaporizer, coughed a lot during the first few weeks and black stuff is still occasionally coming out. Breathing feels so much easier and I'm glad I don't have a constant dry cough anymore. Not as good as quitting, of course, but I'm glad this worked as a much less damaging alternative.

Fantastic video. Finally, a video that actually shows the facts.

I smoked more than a pack a day for 5 straight years and I loved every second of it. I quit cold turkey 2 days after I found out I was pregnant and I will never ever pick up another cigarette as long as I live. Best decision I've ever made. My son saved my life. Cigarettes will kill over half of its users. Think about that.

As someone who used to smoke, I quit all smoking habits weed and tobacco im so glad you brought this information cause you are right all smoke is bad.

This video is awesome. I quit smoking cold turkey before the new year. I hope by sometime next year the damage smoke has done over the years can be undone.

I have been on and off with quitting and its been so hard. This video is what I needed to remind myself why I have to stop and start consuming cannabis in edible form to avoid ingesting any type of smoke in my body. God bless the "Recommended for you".. its like it knew I needed to watch this!

Lemme just tell you: quit both almost 3 years ago.....feel SO much better, clearer and saved THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of dollars. It wasn't my choice to quit: I got lung cancer and had to live for my wife and kids....it was a no brainer.

Sometimes people need to take gratitude to what they have they often take for granted. Being able to breathe air with a properly functioning pair of lungs itself seems like a great thing to me.

As a za user I'm always forward to seeing educative videos like this about smoking it, helps me decide on a better way to ingest it without damaging my body with these chemicals, thank you I think I will switch to edibles instead...

Thank you, I needed this. I've been a smoker/vape user on and off (mostly on) of both cigarettes and cannabis since I was 18. I managed to kick the cigarettes years ago but keep doing an on and off thing with cannabis. This has really given me a push to quit smoking cannabis as well because I'm 100% noticing some breathing issues and they're not going to get any better if I keep going.

This is reminding me to use edibles and tinctures more for my cannabis needs

Thank you! This is what I've been saying most of my life. I get how beneficial some things are, and some people flat out need it to live, and as someone who suffers from migraines and anxiety I truly get it, HOWEVER I've never liked the idea of smoking anything. It drives me crazy when people swear it's not bad for you, but as far as I'm concerned anything that needs to be inhaled, that isn't air or life saving corticosteroids, isn't great for you. I don't care if it's natural, this or that, I'm not pumping my lungs with it multiple times a day.

Been smoking since 18-19, now 25 and was smoking damn near everyday without fail and just stopped smoking about 2 months ago!! Happy to start this journey and become more of myself

Thanks for making this, great explanations!

I had asthma as a child, and while that's not a good thing, it always give me an easy reason in social situations not to put anything weird into my lungs.

As a retired Respiratory Therapist, I agree whole heartedly with you! Inhaling ANYTHING other than the purest air is bad for our lungs, and to pretend otherwise is to volunteer as a lab rat so that the bad effects can be discovered decades later. In fact, even pure air isn't that great for our lungs, because of the oxidizing effects of the oxygen on our tissues, but our lungs have antioxidants to minimize that. When a person gets older, lungs naturally become less flexible, respiratory muscles become weaker, and decreased production of antioxidants leads to greater damage done by the oxygen we need to live. It's NOT a good idea to add more damage on top of what father time already loads on our bodies!

This is a great video to find the REAL FACTS of smoking. No propaganda or biases involved, just facts.

This video is a big wakeup call for me honestly.. I also plan on returning to university after covid messed up my first attempt at post-secondary

THANK YOU for giving attention to this simple yet misunderstood idea. I was just thinking about this yesterday about how cannabis and other smokeable drugs shouldn't be consumed that way, regardless of its medicinal properties. There needs to be new alternative ways to consume whilst still reaping the benefits that they provide.

Been smoking for 8 years and it's been 32days since i quit cold turkey, wasn't easy but it's possible if you're strong willed and got some support, sometimes i get cravings because of triggers but i try to handle them. Thanks for the video, reminds me of why i quit. People like me, stay strong i'm proud of you, keep on going, stay healthy

Good advert! I vape heavily and just bought two ;p I wanted to know if you had any thoughts on the instinctual enjoyment a large majority of folks have when they smell a campfire? I love the smell of a campfire even if I haven't smoked in years. Maybe my perception or sources are off but, that smell has smoke in it I think. You said towards the end the body has 'evolved to breath air and only air', and that seems to contradict the self-conclusion I have reached. Thank you for all the info on the effects of smoking! I already knew it was bad haha! I'll have to go watch your most recent video on vaping now, and if you get any more updates for us please share!

*_bong noises_* woah that's craaaaazy

As a Respiratory Therapist, I thank you for this video!

I grew up smoking with my cousins, and I smoked for almost 20 years. Also smoked a LOT of weed for most of that time. When I hit my 30s, I felt like my body had enough of me smoking and if I continued to smoke for another 10 years, I would start to really see harm. I used vaping to quit smoking and while that was effective, I could feel there was something not great about vaping. I finally quit vaping during the pandemic (also haven't touched weed in years), and I feel like my lungs started to feel "clean" a couple years after I quit vaping.

You got my like i love this video because he wants you to quit but doesnt force it very informational though i love the work you put in ima smoke this one n last ti.e tho to the good times

Many smokers don't think twice about inflicting their smoke on me. They also throw their cigarette ends on the road and pavement, creating litter. It's a level of selfishness that I find intolerable and incomprehensible.

i quit smoking weed 3 days ago🥹

as a 17 year old that smoked cannabis for only 4 months and have since quit i've been stuck in derealization for a good year and 3 months so that's another reason not to smoke

The dichotomy of the ending quote “humans evolved to breathe air, and only air” and the füm advertisement is hilarious

Still half way through the video, but I'm catching the vibe that we should all just consume edibles instead. Loud and clear. Loud and clear.

I’m now happily smoke-free for six years. I smoked (cigarettes) for nearly thirty years! I thought I would never be able to quit. It’s important for anyone trying to quit smoking that they DON’T GIVE UP trying to quit smoking!! Don’t beat yourself up if you slip up; just dust yourself off and try again. And again. And once again… keep trying to quit until it sticks. And it will eventually. I’m living proof of that! Great video! 👍👍

Watching this feels like such a victory lap if you are completely clean from smoking or vaping anything. To anyone watching this because they are scared, I wish you good luck and know that quitting is totally worth it.

when you lose everything, you don't care how bad smoking is. you're ready to get a little happiness out of a smoke, even at the cost of your own life.

It never seizes to amaze me how some people think that inhaling smoke suddenly isnt a bad thing just because it's from marijuana or a vape pen. EDIT: Yes, I know that vapes don't produce smoke. No, I don't care to correct this thread. Cry about it.

I appreciate your wisdom sir SKAL!

Great video! I have a question related to this: does this also apply to Dabs/Herb vaporizers, or is it worse?

This actually made me reconsider my smoking habit. Thanks you for the good information

I quit smoking tobacco, 19yrs ago & I'm glad I did. A dear friend of mine, just had surgery back in May. She had oral cancer. She survived the procedure, but it will take 6 to 9 months to heal. I lost a co-worker, who was also a friend, to lung cancer. Most of my friends, used to smoke, but have since quit. Post smoking, I still suffered 2 strokes. The first one in 2009, the 2nd in the new year of 2018. I'm a survivor of both, obviously. It could've been much worse, if I continued to smoke. I quit & never looked back.

I'm 27. Been smoking weed/cigs since highschool, so about 10 years. Very mild cig use averaging 1 a day when I would go on break at work. About 6 months ago I finally quit cigarettes and I faced 0 changes in my life. I was never even addicted, just did it for nothing I guess. Weed on the other hand. I smoke about 1 bowl per day. I need to smoke a nice bowl after work to chill and play some games. Sadly I don't think ill stop doing this anytime soon but very informative video

Damn, I've been trying to quit using cannabis vape pens for a while now. This adds a whole new sense of urgency to quit it completely unless it's consumed. Great content!

I knew anything other than air entering the lungs was bad, but this shows how bad, and hopefully it can be some good motivation for me to smoke less weed

When I was 22 years old, I had a very vivid dream that I was terminally ill with lung cancer from smoking. In this dream my kids and wife were crying yet at that time I did not have a GF. This was when I stopped smoking because is scared the living hell out of me. I'm 62 now and going strong and never touched a smoke since.

I really need to thank you and i feel so great that you are explaining these scientific issues and their effects on us. It is so useful and i learned so many things. 🙏🙏🙏🙏. And please male these kind of videos more and more and moreee...

A good friend of mine collapsed his lung from ripping bong, glad he's switched over to edibles now.

Never smoked myself or saw the appeal in it for me personally. Glad to see a video about the subject!

My dad passed away in 2017 at the age of 70. He did smoke for over 50 years, from 15 y.o until 65. He had several COPD, arteriosclerosis and so many other issues.

I was heavy into Mary Jane, but noticed my heart... my precious heart was starting to be effected, it didn't take a rocket scientist for me to connect the dots... I have been sober from alcohol for 5+ years same with cigarettes, but still called myself sober but smoked Mary Jane... and didn't think I would ever stop, but I am now completely sober for 2 months. I landed a very good union job, my heart loves the exercise same with the lack of smoke. I have never felt better in my entire life until I stopped smoking. My dreams have gotten a lot more vivid as well, where as when I was smoking I never dreamed at all. I had a lack of appetite that I didn't connect with smoking, but now my appetite is back and just all around in the best place in my life.

Never smoked a cig in my life and still going to keep it that way ✌️ 25 years btw

This video was the final motivation that got me to quit cigarettes cold turkey 3 weeks ago. Quitting weed was relatively easy, but the cigarette cravings are only just now subsiding fully. I smoked both weed and tobacco basically all day every day for ten years. I gotta say, i like breathing! Everything smells much stronger too. And my cooking (which already tasted good) is simply out of this world lol. Exercise is awesome now too, i catch my breath WAY more quickly. Thanks for helping me to achieve freedom from depending on these coping mechanisms 🙏 i quit alcohol and caffeine too- now for refined sugars and processed foods. This will be the hard part since dang near 80% of all food in U.S. groceries is processed and full of refined sugars.

I knew this one guy from high school, and when I asked them, why do you smoke? It's not good for you. He replied, "Smoking helps clean your lungs." Who knows whatever happened to him to this day... hopefully, he still has his lungs.

Moderation is key. Relax, everyone. Stressing about smoking is just as bad as smoking itself.

Watching this while rolling my joint and i dont want to smoke it anymore...I relapsed this summer but will quit again. I dont wanna hurt the people who love me

I'm a long distance runner and once I hit 30 I would notice that running felt noticably more difficult for hours and even up to a day after smoking cannabis. I had already cut back quite a bit since my college days, but that drove me to stop completely. I still occasionally have edibles but never smoke.

I know it's not easy to quit smoking but to anyone struggling to quit, here's what worked for me. Start small; count one day no smoke, two days no smoke and so on. And yes you will fail many many, many times and it's okay it's part of the process. If you have friends who are smokers tell them that you are trying to quit so they can help you by not smoking next to you and stuff like that. When that time comes when you fail to resist that urge and end up lighting another cigarette, reset the counter and write down how much regret you feel for giving in after all that time you were doing so well. And each time you want to give in again read what you wrote the last time you gave up and remind yourself that it's not worth repeating what you will regret again and again. And remind yourself that it is not worth resetting the counter especially when you are breaking your previous records. You will reset the counter many many times, but It's okay to fail just make sure you keep breaking your previous records. I too failed countless times but this way I kept myself from smoking (not even a single puff) for 3.6 years now 1315 days to be exact. Yes I'm still counting because even now the urge to smoke visits me from time to time. So, if you want to quit, know that the earlier the better. I hope this helps and if it doesn't, find another way that works for you. Just don't give up. Good luck.

I need to watch this twice daily to help quit smoking 😂 Zyn is a big help already

I've smoked a bit since my teen years in the eighties. It tastes like crap, but helps with frustration and anxiety in life.

I started smoking cigarettes at 14 and weed at 17... At 20 i was smoking almost a pack a day. It was very, very hard to stop but after multiple attempts i could quit at 26. I coped with nicotine patches and gums and litters of tea. I completely stopped nicotine 4 years ago but i still drink 2+ litters of tea a day and i don't think i will ever stop (my doctor say it's a good trade). I still have dreams where i smoke cigarettes and i wake up panicked because i feel like i started smoking again and i need to go through withdrawal all over again. Don't start please. Thank you for the video :)