Smoke Poisoning

You breathe in something that destroys you from within. Smoke — whether in a fire, an accident, or a situation where you did not get out in time — enters your lungs and attacks what keeps you alive: your breath. Medicine speaks of irritation of the airways, inflammation of the lung tissue, oxygen deficiency in the blood. All of that is true. And at the same time, it is worth looking one level deeper.

Because the question is not only how the smoke got into your lungs. The question is: what are you taking in that poisons you? Not only physically — but in your entire approach to life? Smoke poisoning is the image of a person who breathes in toxic atmospheres as though they were air.