YSK Smoking isn't just bad for your lungs, it's bad for your aorta
Why YSK: Smoking makes arteries less stretchy and therefore more prone to breaking. Your aorta is an artery that supplies the whole body with blood. If it ruptures, even if you're actively in the operating room to get it fixed, your chances of survival drop to almost 0 immediately. Any type of surgery becomes higher risk because smoking makes tissue very friable (fragile, thin, tearable). That means more bleeding and risk of complications