My parents, and 3 older siblings all smoked. I was the only one who never smoked. Both parents and a sister died of lung cancer. That sister had stopped smoking five years before being diagnosed. My only brother stopped smoking after having a heart attack at the age of 48. He died of a massive heart attack at 51. My oldest sister was an alcoholic. She was diagnosed with early onset of dementia because of her alcoholism, and spent 30+ years housed in a psych center, and in adult-assisted living homes in her later years. Because of smoking restrictions, she eventually stopped smoking, and died at the age of 74 of a stroke. I’m 74 now, will turn 75 in August if the Lord lets me.
My mother died of lung cancer 15 years after she quit smoking. They used to say 5 years after you quit, you are in the clear. Not so.
Your post seems to re-enforce the idea that it might be genetics.
BTW, there is a guy in my area that is constantly rolling his own cigarettes and chain smoking them as we all “shoot the bull” in his shop and carriage house (He owns a lot of restored classic cars). He’s in his early 70’s and doesn’t have cancer. However, his skin is like a wrinkled catcher’s mitt, his voice is clearly affected by all that smoking, and I have little doubt there is a reason he has little energy. I’m 68 and you’d think I was 20 years younger.
I long ago stopped seeing “lung cancer” as the only reason for avoiding smoking.
That sais, once or twice a year I’ll smoke a cigar. But I don’t inhale. So I only have to worry about mouth cancer. So I’ve got that going for me. Which is nice.🤣