{"id":1197,"date":"2013-10-29T15:13:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T21:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theloungeisback.wordpress.com\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2014-01-11T06:51:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T06:51:50","slug":"another-reason-to-quit-smoking-it-really-does-make-you-look-older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=1197","title":{"rendered":"Another reason to quit smoking? It really does make you look older"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"8C9523350-131028-smoking-twins-02-hmed-1030a.blocks_desktop_medium\"<\/a> Twins study shows the aging effects of smoking.<\/p>\n

This is really interesting. A remarkable study<\/a> looking at smoking and non-smoking twin graphically displays how smoking makes people look older. 79 twins were studied as part of this project, one of whom had smoked at least 5 years longer than the other.<\/p>\n

The photos (non-smoking twins on the left, smoking twins on the right) show how the smoking twins are more wrinkled. Some of these images are really startling.<\/p>\n

\"8C9525329-131028-smoking-twins-04-hmed-1030a.blocks_desktop_medium\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Why does this happen? Simply, smoking reduces the amount of oxygen going to the skin.<\/p>\n

So if lung cancer, COPD and heart disease (and impotence) aren’t enough reasons to quit smoking … think about this … you will be more wrinkled.<\/p>\n

\"8C9525330-131028-smoking-twins-03-hmed-1030a.blocks_desktop_small\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twins study shows the aging effects of smoking. This is really interesting. A remarkable study looking at smoking and non-smoking twin graphically displays how smoking makes people look older. 79 twins were studied as part of this project, one of whom had smoked at least 5 years longer than the other. The photos (non-smoking twins … Continue reading Another reason to quit smoking? It really does make you look older<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/8c9523350-131028-smoking-twins-02-hmed-1030a-blocks_desktop_medium.jpg?fit=560%2C460&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-jj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":481,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=481","url_meta":{"origin":1197,"position":0},"title":"Wisconsin bartenders love Wisconsin smoking ban","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"March 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A study just released by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee showed that bartenders in that state are having fewer health problems and are more in favour of a smoking ban than before it was first implemented last year. This study is pretty technical, but if you go to the conclusions, it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Smoking bans"","block_context":{"text":"Smoking bans","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=60"},"img":{"alt_text":"WI_NoSmoke_NAV_300","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WI_NoSmoke_NAV_300.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3972,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3972","url_meta":{"origin":1197,"position":1},"title":"Not surprising — Southerners most likely to die from smoking-related cancers","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"October 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a bit from the \"Well ... duh\" department. A new study from the American Cancer Society shows that Southern states have the highest death rates from cancers caused by smoking. Forty percent of the cancer deaths for men in Arkansas are smoking -related cancers, while 29 percent of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Cancer"","block_context":{"text":"Cancer","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NASCAR-smoking.jpg?fit=1024%2C696&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NASCAR-smoking.jpg?fit=1024%2C696&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NASCAR-smoking.jpg?fit=1024%2C696&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NASCAR-smoking.jpg?fit=1024%2C696&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3444,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3444","url_meta":{"origin":1197,"position":2},"title":"Study: Smoking bans linked to drop in stillbirths, newborn deaths","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"August 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A really important study from the U.K, \u00a0furthering bolstering the long-ago established benefit of smoking bans. Many, many, many, many studies claim that smoking bans result in a drop in heart attack admissions in local hospitals. (These studies drive smokers' righters and Michael Siegel out of their minds, but there\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Smoking bans"","block_context":{"text":"Smoking bans","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=60"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/news-uk-190443-30c4e68819ce878c054c7725ccf76076-b521bebb-7b0e-4e3c-b393-6cdfbb7a.jpg?fit=670%2C376&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/news-uk-190443-30c4e68819ce878c054c7725ccf76076-b521bebb-7b0e-4e3c-b393-6cdfbb7a.jpg?fit=670%2C376&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/news-uk-190443-30c4e68819ce878c054c7725ccf76076-b521bebb-7b0e-4e3c-b393-6cdfbb7a.jpg?fit=670%2C376&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2973,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2973","url_meta":{"origin":1197,"position":3},"title":"Study: Two-thirds of smokers will die from smoking-related illnesses","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"February 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I saw some reactions to this story to the effect of \"Well, duh,\" but actually I think it's a pretty groundbreaking conclusion. According to a study out of Australia, 67 percent of smokers will die from some disease caused by their smoking. I've long heard the term \"the majority of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Australia"","block_context":{"text":"Australia","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=8"},"img":{"alt_text":"dead man smoking","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dead-man-smoking.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2067,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2067","url_meta":{"origin":1197,"position":4},"title":"Study: Kids who smoke pot do better in school than kids who just smoke cigarettes","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"March 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"OK, NOT an endorsement for kids smoking dope, but an interesting study out of Canada. I think this study speaks more toward the attitudes toward dope and tobacco than the actual health effects of dope and tobacco. According to this study, kids who just smoke pot have better grades and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "marijuana"","block_context":{"text":"marijuana","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=38"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pot-smoking.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pot-smoking.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pot-smoking.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3810,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3810","url_meta":{"origin":1197,"position":5},"title":"Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke raises risk for COPD among smoking adults","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"March 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting study about the longterm effects of secondhand smoke on children suggests that children exposed to cigarette smoking from their\u00a0mothers\u00a0are more likely to develop COPD as adults if they end up smoking themselves. In this survey from Australia, it was found that smokers were nearly three times as likely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Secondhand smoke"","block_context":{"text":"Secondhand smoke","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=56"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/smoker.jpg?fit=600%2C416&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/smoker.jpg?fit=600%2C416&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/smoker.jpg?fit=600%2C416&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1598,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions\/1598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}