Smoking

Speedropes is completely dedicated to the philosophy on non-smoking. There is really nothing more powerful of a statement a person can make towards a healthy life than to not smoke or to quit smoking if they currently smoke.
Tobacco smoke contains over 4000 chemical compounds, many of which are carcinogenic or otherwise toxic. One of these is a compound marketed as a rat poison. Nicotine is also used as an insecticide.
Smoking primarily effects two main locations in the body: the brain and the lungs. The nicotine creates changes in the brain which allows for the addiction to become more insidious. The tar in the cigarette smoke resides in the lungs. Smoking may manifest itself to other morbidities such as lung cancer emphysema, bronchitis and asthma. There are actually three different smoke streams possible each having their own toxicity.
1) The smoke one inhales
2) The smoke at the end of the cigarette
3) The smoke that is exhaled. Active and passive smoking are both Class 1 carcinogen. This means that cause one additional death per 10,000 people.
Through the diligent use of the speed rope or jump rope, a person will gain explosive power in their lungs. Thus the person will be engaging in an activity that is life enhancing and not life destroying.