9. Smoke
Calculate your pollution contribution!
Do you voluntarily put pollution into your own lungs? Do you want to live a better life - with clean air every day?
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A critical factor for never smoking cigarettes again is your social group. If they want to save your health, and you are dead serious (not “trying” to quit), your chances could be good.
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Want more anti-smoking help?
Go to: quitting-smoking
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On how lungs work: lung-health
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Keep your lungs healthy: protecting-your-lungs
“'Tobacco products are the most littered item on the planet, containing over 7,000 toxic chemicals, which leech into our environment when discarded,' said Dr. R. ... Krech, Director of Health Promotion" at the World Health Organization.
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Other ways to inhale smoke: camp fires, marijuana, fireplaces, incense, wood-stoves, vaping, burning leaves, etc: woodsmokepollution.org.
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"Wood burning stoves in urban areas are responsible for almost half of people’s exposure to cancer-causing chemicals found in air pollution."
"Smoke from large-scale wildfires causes significant air pollution." Go here for ideas about house air filters.
Smoke "makes existing diseases worse. As soon as the body detects smoke, it initiates immune and stress responses that affect ... blood pressure, blood glucose and the risk of forming blood clots."
“The miniscule size of fine particles allows them to pass deep into the lungs where they can enter the bloodstream and trigger serious conditions like asthma, strokes, and heart attacks.”
