[rstrahan]

My M-I-L passed away from COPD, Congestive Heart Failure. No smoking, just old age, body shutting down. You’re gonna die of something. At the same time, my wife’s grandmother smoked into her mid 80’s. Didn’t die of lung cancer, didn’t die of COPD. Died when a demented old woman hit her thinking my wife’s grandmother was after a man she was interested in.

[ZX12R]

No smoking, just old age, body shutting down

If Spock is having problems with his lungs, it is not likely that it's because of his smoking 30 years ago. It's more likely due to him using them 24/7 for 82 years.

[miserare]

May the dear lady rest in peace. We never know how it’s going to end for us, smokers and non-smokers alike.

I have a B-I-L who smokes a pack of Camels a day, has done since age 16. He is now 86 years old, and dating an actress. (She has been seen on Law and Order and in summer stock, in upstate NY.) He eats filet mignon three nights a week at an Irish pub, where all the waitresses have named their first son after him because he is such a huge tipper!

Life is beautiful.

When it’s time to go, you go.

Just be kind to everyone you meet along the way.