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[suzyQ3]

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@Q4u wrote:

My Mother started smoking in England when they were rationed severely (food) during the war, but she could always get cigs from the Yanks.  She never could quit.... then one day 35 years later she got an upper respiratory infection and quit cold turkey.  Unfortunately a few years later she was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. .So shocking, I still try not to think about it.

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@Q4u, my mother was equally unlucky.  She quit cold turkey at least 20 years before her diagnosis of lung cancer, which spread to her liver.

[riley1]

June 1 was my 13th anniversary. Glad I gave it up and feel much better.

[songbird]

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@Snowpuppy wrote:

Wasn't she 19 when she met Bogie?

She always said she had but one great marriage.

After that, well, not so much.

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Yes.  Her modeling career started and ended early.  She had only been a model for about a year or so before she moved in to acting.  Her mother was opposed to her modeling but not to acting.  At least her acting improved later on.  

[AuntG]

Her choice, but that may account for her raspy voice. I don't like to think about what models do to stay so thin.

[Silver Lining]

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@Q4u wrote:

My Mother started smoking in England when they were rationed severely (food) during the war, but she could always get cigs from the Yanks.  She never could quit.... then one day 35 years later she got an upper respiratory infection and quit cold turkey.  Unfortunately a few years later she was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. .So shocking, I still try not to think about it.

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@Q4u, my mother was English, too. She didn't talk about it much but told us that food was severely rationed. Having to run for their lives to shelters when bombs were dropped was also extremely traumatic. She talked about the Yanks and cigarettes. My mother married one and he probably got her started. She smoked off and on but did not develop any related illnesses as far as I know. On the other hand, my father died at age 59, most definitely related to years of smoking. Condolences to you about your mother's death no matter how many years ago it happened. I love to read here about our English mothers although some of the stories make me cry.