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This Video Comparison Of Healthy Lungs VS Smoker's Lungs Might Shock You Enough To Finally Quit
As soon as you put a cigarette into your mouth, it starts killing your body. However, coughs and other warning signs often prove too mild to make those smoking cigarettes kick the habit. But maybe this video will help them. Amanda Eller, a nurse from North Carolina, has shared a graphic comparison between healthy and smokers’ lungs. The difference is so eye-opening that nearly 500K people have already shared the footage on Facebook.
In the video, it’s easy to tell which is which. The healthy lungs are pinky red and the those that went through a pack of cigarettes a day for 20 years look like a wreck, destroyed in a fire. “Because these lungs are COPD, cancerous lungs, the elastance is gone so that they will stretch out, but then the recoil of them just snaps right back,” a voice in the recording explained. Elastance is the ability of lungs to rebound after inhalation. Reduced elastance means the human lungs are stiff and have to work way harder to bring in sufficient air, leaving its possessor breathless, and if that’s not enough proof that smoking kills, we don’t know what is.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “[the] overall mortality among both male and female smokers in the United States is about three times higher than that among similar people who never smoked.” Cigarettes cause about one of every five deaths in the States each year, killing more than 480,000 people annually. However, it’s never too late. For example, quitting smoking before 40 reduces the risk of dying from smoking-related disease and lung cancer by about 90%.
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A nurse from North Carolina has uploaded a graphic video that has been shared nearly 500,000 times in just a few days
Image credits: Amanda Eller
To show the difference between the two, they inflated the healthy lungs
And made a video, illustrating that the healthy not only look, but work properly as well
Then, it was the turn of the cancerous lungs, damaged by 20 years of smoking a pack a day
The elastance was gone, so they would stretch out but then the recoil of them just snaps right back
The striking difference is visible in the second video
This inspired people to share their smoking stories
While others still defended their habit
What’s your take on this? Let’s talk in the comments!
What do you think ?
boredhuman 7 years ago
Almost 4 years since my last cigarette (after smoking for 10+ years). One of the best decisions I made in my life. My health is significantly better, I must say in combination with a lot of exercise and healthier meals. There are absolutely none benefits that come with smoking. All bunch of excuses you tell yourself. You have only one lifetime and one body. Don't ruin it by pumping poison into your body.
Pamela 7 years ago
I wanted to fit in so badly, going to high school in the south where everyone smoked. I tried for less than a week and thankfully the only thing my asthma has ever done positively for me, getting very ill and realizing my body couldn't handle that lol
Kiki 7 years ago
Me too. I once sneaked a puff of my stepdad's cigarette and instantly had an asthma attack and I have not touched a cigarette since.
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Hans 7 years ago
While this is interesting to see, I doubt it will convince people. It is a single case, and thereby follows the logic of people saying "I know someone who smokesd two packs a day and just turned 95". There simply is no doubt that smoking is the single most ignored thing that greatly reduces the average lifespan and causes a plethora of health disadvantages, even outpacing deliberate (as in the Western world) or undesired (as in the developing world) malnutrition.
John L 7 years ago
Hans, its all about the "Addiction" factor, pure and simple. Some are addicted to nicotine, some to sex, etc, etc. Me, I'm and adrenaline addict. I always took chances for the excitement, had a four cylinder Honda that I used to wind up on the interstate, going over 100mph. But that was small stuff. I was a skydiving freak, and Class C rating member of the USPA. But being in the middle of a firefight was the biggest high of them all. Its amazing how everything seems to slow down into about a quarter the speed of normal. Thank God I finally said enough, and gave up my addiction. I used to always be late and zoom around in order to make it there on time. But I gave it all up, thank heavens. I'm 73 and now I even drive like an old fart. No more jumping out of airplanes or riding motorcycles. Believe me, an addiction is hard to quit, and almost all of them are dangerous to one's health. But eventually you quit, or you have a bad ending. Its not worth it.
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ZombieGirl5591 7 years ago
I don't care if people smoke (I mean, I do but I don't), but I can't stand when they do it in public or near entrances to places, then exhale as they walk in. I don't like to be forced second hand smoke. Same goes with vaping...even more so because most do it everywhere all the time.
Donna O 7 years ago
Ugh same. The amount of times I get stuck behind smokers who flick their ash on me and blow the smoke back on me is ridiculous. And having to go through a tunnel of smoke to get into places is awful, I think they should ban people from smoking right outside buildings, particularly hospitals!
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Cathy Jo Baker 7 years ago
My elderly parents were both decades-long smokers. Now they both suffer from severe COPD, emphysema, etc. My dad has been on oxygen for 10 years at least. He can't do the smallest activity without stopping to rest because he gets so short of breath. They both have to take a plethora of medications just to keep living. Both quit smoking a long time ago but the damage was already too great. They are very fortunate to have my sister and I to care for them. If you smoke, you're an idiot. Please stop. Your loved ones and your body will thank you.
James 7 years ago
because the government need the money and dont care about us dying
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Jurgen Shantz 7 years ago
bruh that person in the comments is dumb as f**k. he didn't have a bmw, he spent his money on other s**t that doesn't kill him.
Sylvia van der Linden 7 years ago
I just wanna know what happened to the person of the healthy lungs...
James 7 years ago
the people whose lungs these are off are dead and actually died ages ago
Load More Replies... boredhuman 7 years ago
Almost 4 years since my last cigarette (after smoking for 10+ years). One of the best decisions I made in my life. My health is significantly better, I must say in combination with a lot of exercise and healthier meals. There are absolutely none benefits that come with smoking. All bunch of excuses you tell yourself. You have only one lifetime and one body. Don't ruin it by pumping poison into your body.
Pamela 7 years ago
I wanted to fit in so badly, going to high school in the south where everyone smoked. I tried for less than a week and thankfully the only thing my asthma has ever done positively for me, getting very ill and realizing my body couldn't handle that lol
Kiki 7 years ago
Me too. I once sneaked a puff of my stepdad's cigarette and instantly had an asthma attack and I have not touched a cigarette since.
Load More Replies... Hans 7 years ago
While this is interesting to see, I doubt it will convince people. It is a single case, and thereby follows the logic of people saying "I know someone who smokesd two packs a day and just turned 95". There simply is no doubt that smoking is the single most ignored thing that greatly reduces the average lifespan and causes a plethora of health disadvantages, even outpacing deliberate (as in the Western world) or undesired (as in the developing world) malnutrition.
John L 7 years ago
Hans, its all about the "Addiction" factor, pure and simple. Some are addicted to nicotine, some to sex, etc, etc. Me, I'm and adrenaline addict. I always took chances for the excitement, had a four cylinder Honda that I used to wind up on the interstate, going over 100mph. But that was small stuff. I was a skydiving freak, and Class C rating member of the USPA. But being in the middle of a firefight was the biggest high of them all. Its amazing how everything seems to slow down into about a quarter the speed of normal. Thank God I finally said enough, and gave up my addiction. I used to always be late and zoom around in order to make it there on time. But I gave it all up, thank heavens. I'm 73 and now I even drive like an old fart. No more jumping out of airplanes or riding motorcycles. Believe me, an addiction is hard to quit, and almost all of them are dangerous to one's health. But eventually you quit, or you have a bad ending. Its not worth it.
Load More Replies... ZombieGirl5591 7 years ago
I don't care if people smoke (I mean, I do but I don't), but I can't stand when they do it in public or near entrances to places, then exhale as they walk in. I don't like to be forced second hand smoke. Same goes with vaping...even more so because most do it everywhere all the time.
Donna O 7 years ago
Ugh same. The amount of times I get stuck behind smokers who flick their ash on me and blow the smoke back on me is ridiculous. And having to go through a tunnel of smoke to get into places is awful, I think they should ban people from smoking right outside buildings, particularly hospitals!
Load More Replies... Cathy Jo Baker 7 years ago
My elderly parents were both decades-long smokers. Now they both suffer from severe COPD, emphysema, etc. My dad has been on oxygen for 10 years at least. He can't do the smallest activity without stopping to rest because he gets so short of breath. They both have to take a plethora of medications just to keep living. Both quit smoking a long time ago but the damage was already too great. They are very fortunate to have my sister and I to care for them. If you smoke, you're an idiot. Please stop. Your loved ones and your body will thank you.
James 7 years ago
because the government need the money and dont care about us dying
Load More Replies... Jurgen Shantz 7 years ago
bruh that person in the comments is dumb as f**k. he didn't have a bmw, he spent his money on other s**t that doesn't kill him.
Sylvia van der Linden 7 years ago
I just wanna know what happened to the person of the healthy lungs...
James 7 years ago
the people whose lungs these are off are dead and actually died ages ago
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