Health - Exact "dangers" of tobacco

[Akashik]

Ive been smoking for around 4-5 years , around a pack a week, but just recently quit , its been 3 months now. I have an active and random lifestyle, sports, to laziness, to more sports... random years and times in my life.

I assume i am healthy, no problems.

What i DONT understand is, how is it that people literally smoke 1 or more packs a day for YEARS and then quit or continue smoking and theyr fine? as in no MAJOR problems, it baffles my mind.

I keep seeing and hearing horror stories, pictures of dying organs, cancer galore.

I mean wont you develop cancer or some sort of desiease after just a couple of packs? Isnt that what we're taught?

It feels like i should go back to smoking cuz from what i see its not as bad as its made out to be. OR IS IT?

still baffled!!

[Herbal Healer 019]

Some people are more susceptable than others...

It has to do with overall lifestyle

[doggy_hat]

SWIM's grandma is extremely resilient to tobacco. She's the kind of person that literally never doens't smoke. She'll just leave a cigarette in her mouth and never take it out and just passively inhales smoke while she breathes. She's been smoking for about 7 decades and started around when she was 10 years old. And she doesn't even have that bad of a cough, and is actually pretty active compared to other people her age. SWIM's himself can't handle tobacco at all. He can smoke half a cigarette and will have trouble breathing for the next few days. He'll feel this really strange sensation in his chest, and it just feels really tight and painful.

[Akashik]

so it is as simple as "different bodies being more susceptable than otheres"
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