Honorable Senator
Jack S. Phogbound
Click the Pic J
Are you related? I notice you spell the name differently.
(Senator Jack S. is one of my favorite people. I keep his picture on my wall)
Posted on 01/26/2005 3:06:33 PM PST by Rennes Templar
There are two kinds of conversations about Johnny Carson. One kind is the one most of you are having. It is light and interesting, about showbiz, TV, popular culture. Then there is the other conversation many of us have been avoiding.
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A part of it (the conversation)landed on my desk with a little thump. It was a package, about the size of your palm, with a brown camel on it, two pyramids and three palm trees.
"You can have them," said a friend who tossed them, casual in voice, though there was no missing the symbolism of it, his casting away of the Camels.
"I'm done with them," he said. "I quit."
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Carson's death could have been due to pneumonia, to infection, or it could have been respiratory failure. Either way it was private, and ugly.
I thought of him suffering amidst tubes.
"You can quit," Dr. Gross said. "You can have a life. You can quit."
I've failed before. And I'm afraid of failing. But Johnny Carson convinced me.
If you're interested in doing the same, you can call the American Lung Association at 312-243-2000.
jskass@tribune.com
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According to Johnny's brother, Richard Carson,
(People magazine will publish on Friday
the following quote submitted by his brother)
as being the words Carson uttered over and
over again during his final days "those damn cigarettes."
> Hang around on the smoking threads and you will hear everything.
Indeed. Along with the strange comments that they willingly and deliberately put the child's health at risk by smoking while pregnant. How weird is that?
Good job. I also smoked for 30 years and quit when I was 45. That was 5 years ago and yes, it's definitely one of the best things I ever did for myself.
Hey, leave fast women out of this. I am married, but I at least want to THINK about fast women. As for smoking, I never have, just can't see the attraction of it. Then again, I watched my mother die at 43 from it. It WAS ugly. It is weird to now be 47, having outlived my mother.... Do what you want, of course, but what is the joy of smoking, if anyone can tell me.
I hear you! Of course, I smoked back then, myself. I think our noses were just burned out so we couldn't notice.
"According to Johnny's brother, Richard Carson,
(People magazine will publish on Friday
the following quote submitted by his brother)
as being the words Carson uttered over and
over again during his final days "those damn cigarettes." "
Johnny lived a long and full life. Divorced 3 times, married 4.... Although he smoked a lot, Johnny was also a very heavy drinker for a while. I am not denying cigarettes had a part in his death.....but everyone has to die sometime. At 79, it could have been any number of illnesses or old age that took him. He got old and sick and died. BTW, I am not a smoker and don't advocate anyone smoking, but people make their own choices. Unless Johnny Carson put it in his will that he wanted his illness & death to be a part of some anti smoking campaign, it's unfair to use him as some sort of posterboy for emphysema.
My grandpa died of emphysema at 64. He smoked for 40 years.
It's a terrible way to die...you slowly suffocate. I remember as a child watching him struggle for every breathe.
There's a new drug called Zyban that makes you puke everytime you have a cig. My cousin tried to quit numerous times and this worked for her. Now she can't stand the smell of 'em.
According to his brother, Johnny is blaming
the cigarettes, NOT me, not some anti-smoking campaign,
but Johnny himself.
I have previously posted much the same commentary as you
have posted to me. Frankly, I don't give a damn who
smokes and who doesn't, but the fact is Johnny himself
blamed the cigarettes he enjoyed smoking for so many years.
I don't really hold out for an apology, but an acknowledgement that you were wrong would be nice, particularly since you have taken to make them an insult on my integrity. LMAO.
Uh, it was emphysema. Smoking destroyed his lungs leaving him unable to even breathe properly.
Let me ask you something, does the shunt help? They say that water on the brain is misdiagnosed as Alzheimers. They wanted to perform this on my Mother, but I said no because of her age. Have you seen a big difference in your mother?
Hildy, it seemed to help a lot for a little while, but that was because the water on her brain was really "adding on" to her Alzheimer's. She improved after the shunt to be able to move a bit more, and sometimes babble a bit, instead of being rigid and asleep all the time.
A shunt is risky. There can be problems. It is a hard call.
Smoking is learned behavior. We are not born with the desire to smoke. The society has to change and smoking will go the way of the spittoon. I cringe when I see teenagers smoking. It used to be an inexpensive habit, but it is a budget-killer today. I just don't understand how people can afford it.
My mother smokes....is 81 and has terrible emphysema. She will die within a few years from this. She is otherwise healthy and had the potential to live to be 100. We are surprised she is still alive, but it is no life. She hacks all day, and bends over from the force of the coughing. She leans into the sink to breathe in the oxygen from the running water in the faucet. She can't leave the house much and lives with inhalers. Yes, 80 is a long life, but this is not a quality life. But, she is content to live this way, as the addiction to the smoking overpowers everything.
I am not a smoker...never had the desire perhaps from the years of watching how cigarettes govern all else. My mother was a clean-freak. She would not open windows for fear that dirt would blow in through the windows. But, she smoked constantly and the smoke wafted through our house. Her second-hand smoke had to cause harm to all of us. Also, when the budget was tight, we all did without, but there was always money for cigarettes. This is the same story in thousands of homes.
Needless to say, I detest cigarettes. If you are a smoker, please stop now. Do it for your family. Do it for your life.
My mom died at 56, lung cancer,smoker.
My dad died at 72, smoker, emphysema.
My grandmother died at 80 something from Alzheimers.
My grandad died at 92, from old age, used to smoke pipe and cigars, moderately when young.
A business partner fell over dead from a sudden heart attack at 56, no prior health problems,.non-smoker.
My father-in-law suffered with Alzhimers for 8-10 years.
Had a good college buddy die from malignant melenoma(skin cancer), after a long fight.
By gosh just give me a cool Guinness Stout and a heart attack, any day................
People have allergies because they have inherited allergy genes, not because they live in the city or the country. No allergy genes no allergies or asthma. If you have inherited the genes you will become allergic to things you have been exposed to, don't ask me why one thing and not another, I don't know.
Honorable Senator
Jack S. Phogbound
Click the Pic J
Are you related? I notice you spell the name differently.
(Senator Jack S. is one of my favorite people. I keep his picture on my wall)
My grandfather and grandmother both died in their mid-60's because of smoking. My grandfather had emphysema and my grandmother had three heart attacks. The last one killed her. Yet I keep smoking. I've quit so many times and for some reason I keep going back to it.
" when it burns in cigarettes it actually creates radioactive substances "
No way!
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