[Remember Ruby Ridge]

I started smoking at 12-years-old and continued to smoke for 27 years. I have not had a cigarette since Oct 23, 1999, 9:00 p.m.

On Oct 27, 1999, I had a triple bypass -- I was 39. Of course this was not my first heart attack; I had my first at 36. Sometimes God has to hit me over the head with a 2x4 before I listen;-)

Ruby

[WildTurkey]

In Oct/Nov 1999 I met a lady and dated a couple of times before finding out she had had a bypass. It was another couple of dates before I found out she still smoked.

[calex59]

Let me point out the Johnny was quite old when he died, older than the average.

Also, a new report is out. The mortality rate for smokers and non-smokers is the same: 100%.

I don't smoke, but if someone chooses to that is their perogative, not for me to say. Most smokers are around 70 or so when they die, which is close to average lifespan. Would they have gotten a few more years, and if so, what would the quality of life have been. We can't say.

We all die, nothing will make us live forever, at least not yet.