I’ve been a smoker for 20+ years. I’m finally in the end stages of breaking the habit. There’s nothing good about smoking. As I’ve reduced the number of cigarettes, I see my athletic/gym progress surge forward.
In addition to the diminished lung capacity from smoking, there’s other health concerns caused by the daily ingestion of nicotine that don’t get the press they deserve. Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor. When they say smoking causes heart disease, this is why. The nicotine narrows your blood vessels. This raises your BP. It reduces circulation. It can fuck with your ability to get an errction. You may not notice these things at 29. Believe me when I say they can’t be ignored at 40+.
Fuck cigarettes, fuck nicotine.
In addition to the diminished lung capacity from smoking, there’s other health concerns caused by the daily ingestion of nicotine that don’t get the press they deserve. Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor. When they say smoking causes heart disease, this is why. The nicotine narrows your blood vessels. This raises your BP. It reduces circulation. It can fuck with your ability to get an errction. You may not notice these things at 29. Believe me when I say they can’t be ignored at 40+.
Fuck cigarettes, fuck nicotine.