[Hot Tabasco]

COPD, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, is expected to become the third-greatest cause of death worldwide by the year 2020.

I've been a smoker for 50 years now and currently at a pack and a half a day.

I just had had a lung scan several days ago and my doctor called me today to tell me that the results came out negative and there was no problem with my lungs........

Go figure........

[Gay State Conservative]

That's good news for you...hopefully your luck will hold. My parents both smoked like chimneys when I was a kid. My Mom died a horrible death at age 52...lung cancer.

And although my Dad quit when he was about 70 the damage had already been done.The last 19 years of his life were spent on oxygen,in hospitals...essentially chair-bound.

Yup,I'm an anti tobacco crusader.

[SanchoP]

Same here. I had a CTscan done too. Both came out negative. 50+ yrs of Camel non filters.

[ChildOfThe60s]

You are fortunate. Also glad you are clear.

Still, there is a decrease in basic lung function over time from smoking. Whether you find that it’s a problem or even something you notice is of course another matter.

[Capt. Tom]

I've been a smoker for 50 years now and currently at a pack and a half a day.
I just had had a lung scan several days ago and my doctor called me today to tell me that the results came out negative and there was no problem with my lungs........

I am a non- smoker and my lungs were excellent until a few years ago ,when I was diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis.

My lungs are like those of a heavy lifetime smoker, and no reason to be like that, so they call it Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis(IPF).

I have been on Esbriet the last few years. -Tom

[snoringbear]

“ I just had had a lung scan several days ago and my doctor called me today to tell me that the results came out negative and there was no problem with my lungs........ Go figure........ “ * Well, there’s George Burns, Walter Williams, now you. That makes three! 🥳!!!

[Starstruck]

I smoked for 45 years. Then I got double pneumonia. I’m pretty sure it was acid reflux, but my wife insisted I give up the smokes. I had some medical problems this year that related to my stomach. This is after 19 years of being smoke free. I had every test imaginable including CAT, MRI, Colonoscopy and some test surgery. Everything including my heart, liver and lungs were fine. I will not go back to smoking, but even after 19 years when I dream I still am a smoker.