The Smoking Time Machine won’t make her so happy about smoking cigarettes–even her mani will be less cute! | Source: ShutterStock

You’re smart enough to know that smoking cigarettes is bad news bears for your health–it causes a slew of cancers, emphysema, lung disease, heart disease and all sorts of terrible stuff. (And even though you think it won’t happen to you, chances are if you continue smoking cigarettes for a long time, at least one of them will.)

But smoking cigarettes is also bad for your pretty face, and a new app called The Smoking Time Machine actually shows what you’ll look like if you start (or don’t quit) smoking . . . and girls, it ain’t cute.

The Smoking Time Machine it shows what you’ll look like if you keep up that nasty habit. Some of the features it shows? Deeper wrinkles around your eyes and mouth, ashen skin, saggy jowls–stuff you can’t even imagine looking like, but stuff that can happen a lot sooner than it’s supposed to if you’re a smoker. You end up looking a good 10 to 15 years older than you actually are–and not in the “well, at least I won’t get carded” way. More in the “why do people think my mom is my sister?” way. (And even if your mom is a MILF, do you really want people thinking you’re 35 or 40?)

Seriously, this is so gross. Look at what it did to me. (I’ve never smoked anything in my life, but I lied for the sake of the photo and said that I did. I’m glad that I’ve never tried it!)

This is how I looked before:

I don’t smoke, but check out my awesome shower curtain.

This is what I’ll look like in 10 and then 20 years if I don’t smoke or go all Real Housewives on my face:

Oh God, I don’t wanna get old.

And this is the hot mess I’d look like in 10 and then 20 years if I smoked:

My hair won’t go gray, but the rest of me doesn’t age well. Yikes!

So basically I go from being “not the worst you could do” to “holy old hag!” a lot quicker if I start inhaling tobacco, tar and carcinogens. Ugh. I was secretly hoping I’d be a little better looking later on.

The Smoking Time Machine was designed for teens, because most people who make a habit of smoking cigarettes do so by the time they turn 16. Hopefully seeing your cute face turned into an early aging hot mess will be a reason enough for you not to start smoking–or to quit if you already have. Don’t waste all that pretty!

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to Google “preemptive Botox” and cry in a corner. And never ever smoke. Ever.

Do you think the Smoking Time Machine app is accurate? Have you ever considered smoking cigarettes? Did the Smoking Time Machine app make you reconsider smoking cigarettes? Tell us in the comments!

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