I get it.
But the story was about fitness, the the homo otherwise known as BHO is a relatively fit, thin man by American standards.
For his age.
Which was the other point of the article.
Whether he still smokes, I don’t know. I know I smoked until I was 58. 40 years too long.
Would your reaction been different if I had written:
And...yourself?
That would be contextually correct conversational grammar, right?
My husband has type 2 diabetes. During the last two years he has lost 70 pounds and has his sugar under control. All with a low-carb diet and exercise.