Although smoke is inhaled into the lungs, the chemicals absorbed into your bloodstream can also affect the health of your heart and circulatory system
"When an overload of free radicals cannot gradually be destroyed, their accumulation in the body generates a phenomenon called oxidative stress," according to research published in the International Journal of Biomedical Science (via National Library of Medicine)
Thats the same stuff that comes out of car exhaust
That discourse of backwardness and shaming creates space for kretek nationalist narratives to say, Were not behind, we have this special commodity, and we dont need your neocolonial tobacco control. Q
According to research by the National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), on average, the value of a car decreases by 7.7% if it has been smoked in, compared to a smoke-free vehicle