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Bodies Exhibit

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Understanding the harmful of smoking can some times seem to be quite abstract... However, awhile back I went to the "Bodies" exhibit...this is the exhibit where actual real bodies have been perserved. It is really interesting to see. When you see the effects on those that smoked - it is mind blowing. The lungs are black and nasty, even does a lot of noticeable damage to the heart as well.

Everytime I get a craving, I try to remember that and some times it helps.

I am back after a slip. I have 15 days smoke free!
grannie
grannie
Congrats on those 15 days. Yes, those visuals are hard to take, but it still does not touch some people, why I have no idea. They still continue to smoke.
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Here is a site that has pics if anyone cares see.
http://www.presmark.com/htmlfile/pictures.htm
aeris7
aeris7
Way to go on 15 days pwm!! My son and I saw this exhibit in Philadelphia a few years ago. It was truly amazing and I would like to go back and see it now as a non-smoker to reinforce my quit. I was still a smoker when I saw it last time and was blinded by my addiction. Now I think back and do remember the horrific sight of the blackened lungs and thank God I am free!
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deleted_user
Welcome back! Have you figured out how the horse threw you off? Did you lean too far to one side? Did you yell "yippie-ki-yay" too soon? I don't want to ever fall off the cold turkey I'm riding. It took too long to get up on it, and it has been an ass-breaking ride the past 3 weeks. Hang on!
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