Introduction
We all are aware of the negative implications of smoking on our system. Smoking is one of the habits known to reduce the life expectancy. It causes cancer and numerous other health complications. A common belief is that longevity of chain smoker is less than that of a non-smoker. Cigarette smoking attributes to 443000 deaths each year in United States. One of the claim is that, the younger you are when you quit, the greater the health benefits. And quitting at any age adds years to life.
What I appreciate about the visualization?
The visualization does an amazing job at convincing what happens to our body at every phase after last puff. The whole idea of this visualization is to persuade smokers to think of benefits when they give up on smoking. The color scheme equipped with human anatomy and brief description gives handful of information at first sight. It does a decent job in explaining how the system improves by hours to days to months and years.
What I don’t appreciate?
It is a very generic visualization and doesn’t target any specific group of smokers to prove the claim. There are no numbers which can explain what population of the smokers saw this change after their last puff. While it provides details on overall risk factors, it fails to consider fertility aspect which is one of the growing concerns in both male and female population.
How it could be improved?
It’s essential to visualize the changes in the human system targeted to different age groups, gender, nicotine dependency and medical background. A smoker who is 25 years with no other health complications might respond differently than a smoker with asthma who might take longer time to return to normalcy.
To support the claim, visualization should include numbers on how far people went on to live after they quit smoking as per age group. And what are the health benefits they witnessed over a period of time.
References:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/05/effects-of-quitting-smoking_n_5927448.html