Cigarettes are considered to be the lungs killer, and all smokers know that but they continue to smoke.
Human lungs if they are healthy must look like blue cheese, off-white in color with some dark blue veins visible on the surface. By contrast, the lungs of a longtime smoker look like leather: dull, black, weathered and hard, like an old satchel.
The lungs became a part of the Body Worlds exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa. The exhibit provides an inside look at the human body, exposing its intricate network of muscles, tissues, bones and blood vessels. Each of the more than 200 authentic human specimens, from whole bodies to individual organs, is graphic and amazing.
But also this museum can be found the lungs and heart of a smoker beside healthy organs gets that audible intake of air followed by remarks like, nasty,the color is icky, and Don't go there, you'll wanna vomit.
This exhibition was introduced in museum for to stop smoking among children and adults.
Many people visit this museum, especially many parents with their children. The parents goal is to make their kids to understand that if they will start to smoke they will have lungs looks like black leather. Not only children but also adults feel the exhibit's impact too.
Putting diseased organs on public display is a very significant step for decreasing smoking, said researchers. They reported: It gives them a clear connection to what we preach and what they are getting into if they continue to smoke.

This exhibition helped smokers to quit. For example Karen McKenna, 47 years old, saw a this museum exhibit that included black, smoke-damaged lungs. Within two weeks the Tampa woman had quit a 25-year smoking habit. She remembers thinking, I can't believe I'm doing that to my body.