# How do cigarettes affect the body?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Krishna Sudhir
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Astronomy and space
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/krishna_sudhir_how_do_cigarettes_affect_the_body)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Cigarettes aren't good for us. That's hardly news -- we've known about the dangers of smoking for decades. But how exactly do cigarettes harm us, and can our bodies recover if we stop? Krishna Sudhir details what happens when we smoke -- and when we quit. \[TED-Ed Animation by TED-Ed\].

## Lectures

1. [How do cigarettes affect the body?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/krishna_sudhir_how_do_cigarettes_affect_the_body/797b7643dbbd), 5 min (TED's player)