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[scotttie]

So as not to derail the Everly Bros. thread further, perhaps we could post our thoughts on smoking here insteadl

Meant as a friendly gesture not a control gesture.

Personally, I know for a fact what smoking can do to your body. I have told the story of my mother and her twin many times.

[EmmaBunting]

I regret the 10 + years I smoked. Stupidest thing I ever did.

[Shorty2U]

I am sorry about your dear Mother. And I agree smoking is bad and I quit years ago and it was thee hardest thing I ever did! (I ate the entire kitchen while quitting). On the other hand my dad smoked his whole life and never had an illness or died from smoking. He died in a nursing home from kidney failure after a fall because the home was neglectful in spite of me (who was not in charge) reporting them calling for help etc. I am convinced my dad would otherwise still be here. Also, my grandfather smoked too and he died during hip surgery. Both were in their mid 80s. I did however have a cousin who died at 59 of lung cancer. So I am not debating smoking is good, it is bad. Some people just luck out.

[CardinalGirl]

I detest the smell of cigarettes and always have. I was never tempted to try it.

[scotttie]

On 1/4/2014 Shorty2U said:

I am sorry about your dear Mother. And I agree smoking is bad and I quit years ago and it was thee hardest thing I ever did! (I ate the entire kitchen while quitting). On the other hand my dad smoked his whole life and never had an illness or died from smoking. He died in a nursing home from kidney failure after a fall because the home was neglectful in spite of me (who was not in charge) reporting them calling for help etc. I am convinced my dad would otherwise still be here. Also, my grandfather smoked too and he died during hip surgery. Both were in their mid 80s. I did however have a cousin who died at 59 of lung cancer. So I am not debating smoking is good, it is bad. Some people just luck out.

I agree. I think it depends on many factors including genetics. Some smokers have the genetic predisposition to cancer and perhaps that is why some get away with it and some don't.

[Clover29]

On 1/4/2014 CardinalGirl_ said: I detest the smell of cigarettes and always have. I was never tempted to try it.

Me too. I could never understand how it increases your chance of smoking yourself, to have a smoking parent. My Dad smoked and I absolutely loathed it. I've always been a serious anti-smoker, mostly because I grew up in a household with smoke.

[bikerbabe]

My dad was a serious smoker - Camels. Died at 42.

It's not just the smoker who risks his/her life, it's the people who live with them. I'm sure I'll take a hit on this stance. Smoke around your loved-ones, subject them to second hand smoke, and they can die of lung cancer. I've seen it happen more than once.

[MrsSweetieBear]

The fact that Phil Everly died of COPD brought back painful memories of my mother's lingering heart and lung disease and slow death. One of my brothers had the same fate but much quicker.

I hated seeing them on a Merv Grffith TV Show interview and all of them with cigarettes dangling out of their mouths and off their fingers.

I don't consider their generation (my generation) stupid, just ignorant, for smoking. I do consider anyone under 45 or so who started smoking as doing a very stupid thing.

I do consider myself blessed or just lucky that I never started and so never had to go through quitting.

[chickenbutt]

I smoked many years ago. Fortunately, I never even have one iota of a notion to ever smoke cigarettes again. Plus, I have asthma anyway so it was good that I quit. At the time, doc said I was on my way to emphysema so I had to stop.

I do have a very hard time tolerating smoke and make every effort to avoid it. People can be really rude, SOMETIMES, and seem to think that their right to smoke however and wherever they want overrides everybody else's right to breathe.

I've had workers in my house who I very specifically told that smoking is not allowed in my house, only to get home from work and smell it strongly enough in my house that it didn't just waft in. Needless to say, I was very pi ss ed. Plus, I have a bird. He doesn't need to be breathing that stuff. Then, when you say something to them about it, they just look at you like YOU are the jerk. Ya can't win with some folks.

I've seen somebody die of lung cancer. It's not a pretty death. Lot of suffering.

On the (kind of) funny side - One time I saw a car in a parking lot and this car had kind of a recessed dash board (it was a long time ago) and the guy had been using the dashboard as an ashtray for, apparently, a VERY long time. It was really nasty. That's one bigass ashtray!

[Melania]

On 1/4/2014 beammeupscottie said:

On 1/4/2014 Shorty2U said:

I am sorry about your dear Mother. And I agree smoking is bad and I quit years ago and it was thee hardest thing I ever did! (I ate the entire kitchen while quitting). On the other hand my dad smoked his whole life and never had an illness or died from smoking. He died in a nursing home from kidney failure after a fall because the home was neglectful in spite of me (who was not in charge) reporting them calling for help etc. I am convinced my dad would otherwise still be here. Also, my grandfather smoked too and he died during hip surgery. Both were in their mid 80s. I did however have a cousin who died at 59 of lung cancer. So I am not debating smoking is good, it is bad. Some people just luck out.

I agree. I think it depends on many factors including genetics. Some smokers have the genetic predisposition to cancer and perhaps that is why some get away with it and some don't.

I agree.