[Kriggerel]

Does he go and collect his checks from Phillip-Morris and R.J. Reynolds in the morning? :P

[4yearlurker]

Chief William Red Fox lived to be 105. When asked about his longevity he said it was from smoking cigars.

[waterhill]

My granny smoked since she was 15. 93.

[Flaming Conservative]

Maybe if it was 100% tobacco, instead of all the carcinogens they add in. I don’t really know what pure tobacco does to the body.

[political1]

Nicotine is a stimulate. As such, it has been shown to help with short term memory. Years ago when I did smoke in college, cramming for test consisted of lots of caffeine and nicotine from cigarettes. So there might be some truth to the Parkinson disease issue. They need to do a study on nicotine effects and neuromuscular diseases.

[mass55th]

Both my parents and my three siblings smoked. I never did. I’m the only one left, and the only one who made it to 75. I’ll be 77 in August. Both parents and a sister died of lung cancer. My only brother who stopped smoking after a heart attack at the age of 48, dropped dead of a massive heart attack at 51. My oldest sister, who was an alcoholic and suffered alcohol-induced dementia, lived longer than any of them, until the age of 74, and that was only because she’d been institutionalized for many years, and didn’t have access to alcohol or cigarettes. I have my own health issues, some of which none of them ever had.

[GSWarrior]

Just like in that Woody Allen movie.

[Qwapisking]

grandpa died at 96 because he smoked every day. wonder how long he would have lived if he didn’t.

[Ikeon]

its true, I know for sure, My Smoking increased the expected lifespans of those around me.

[P8riot]

correlation ≠ causation

[CFW]

All my uncles on my dad’s side smoked except one. The youngest—a non-smoker died of a stroke at age 52. The rest of them lived into their late eighties and nineties with one other exception. My dad died when in his late 60s.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

My Mom, smoked into her 80s, is now 105 and still going strong. Outlived her generation and is healthier than all her children.