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To: Rennes Templar
I had an Aunt that smoked all her life and died of emphysema at 67. My mother had a brother that smoked all his life and he died of lung cancer at 66. My mother never smoked, drinks two or three beers per week, and plays two rounds of golf per week. She is 87. I'm following her lead.

Yeah, well my mother's brother and two sisters have smoked like chimneys since they were teenagers. They are now all in their 70s and doing fine. My mother was the only one in her family who didn't smoke. She lived in a smoke free home since marrying my Dad at the age of 25. She died at age 59 of lung cancer. Go figure.

118 posted on 01/26/2005 4:09:13 PM PST by ElkGroveDan
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To: ElkGroveDan

They're not high up on the bell curve.
Elk Grove IL?


123 posted on 01/26/2005 4:12:40 PM PST by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: ElkGroveDan

Yeah its odd, since I moved to NV (Which is much more smoker friendly) I see LOADS of older people and seniors smoking away at the casinos.

If you listen to the "antis" these days, by rights all those people should have died long ago.


194 posted on 01/26/2005 5:52:32 PM PST by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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