Smoking out the facts (Giving up smoking can kill you)

The Ottawa Citizen ^ | Sunday, October 28, 2007 | David Warren,

[fanfan]

Ping.

[joe fonebone]

bump for later

[sweetiepiezer]

Thanks for posting, had a friend who gave up smoking and ten years later died of lung cancer.

[fanfan]

Your welcome.
Sorry about your loss.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Ping.

[traditional1]

"U.S. historical statistics showing that, in the period 1973-94, annual per capita consumption of cigarettes fell from 4,148 to 2,493. In the same period, the incidence of lung and bronchial cancer rose from 42.5 to 57.1 cases per 100,000 population"

Maybe the increase in lung cancer directly correlates to increases in TAXES, and an ambulance-chaser ought to jump up and SUE THE CRAP OUT OF THOSE WHO RAISED THE TAXES!

If you look at the period covered, I'm sure that taxes increased in direct correlation to lung cancer increases, and you can use statistics to prove ANY point....just ask your accountant!

[Trailerpark Badass]

My father quit smoking, after 40+ years and numerous unsuccessful attempts, only to die less than 3 years later of lung cancer.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Cigarettes and whiskey and wild, wild women.
Make you healthy, wealthy and wise.

Or have I mixed up quotes?:)

[Glenn]

The “smokers paradox” saved my life. Smoking causes a constriction of the arteries. If a smoker has a blockage in an artery, smoking may bring on chest pains while the artery is still open enough to sustain heart muscle. A non-smoker doesn’t get that advantage. By the time they start feeling chest pains, it may be a fatal level of blockage.

One of those odd things.

[SouthTexas]

That's all I needed to hear!

Yeah, I know, it's junkie rationalization.

[1Old Pro]

If true, I imagine this or any study proving the relationship will get spiked. Imagine if it ever came out that quitting smooking was hazerdous to your health.

I think Petet Jennings quite smoking and died of Lung cancer 2-3 yers later.

[L98Fiero]

“Thanks for posting, had a friend who gave up smoking and ten years later died of lung cancer.”

My friend’s dad as well. The wife finally got him to quit. 9 years later he was dead of lung cancer.

A judge I knew in my hometown was diagnosed with heart disease in his late 50’s. He hadn’t smoked since he was 30 but the doc still attributed it to smoking. Crazy.

[moondoggie]

Hmmmm...I don't know if I'm buying this or not.

Have had an uncle who died of lung cancer 30 years after he stopped smoking.

And, a cousin who was still an active smoker when he got lung cancer.

And, then there's good ole Aunt Aggie who lived to her 90's and smoked her entire life and never got lung cancer.

I think it's in the genes.

[Gorzaloon]

My father quit smoking, after 40+ years and numerous unsuccessful attempts, only to die less than 3 years later of lung cancer.

My neighbor gave up smoking a couple of years ago. Smoked unfiltered, 2 packs a day for fifty years. Last March, was diagnosed with lung cancer, and was buried in June.

These anecdotes are not science nor are they statistics, but still make one wonder....

[Judith Anne]

My stepmother quit smoking at age 72, now has a severe case of reactive airway disease (similar to asthma).

[Gabz]

Nanny State Ping.

I agree with the author about smoker bans being enacted on even shakier grounds.

[rockinqsranch]

I quit smoking for thirty days once upon a time...about thirty years ago. I’ve been considering quitting again recently as I have been puffing for forty-seven years, and thinking I’m pushing my luck. I feel real good, no problems, but peer advice has been relentless that I should quit.

Now I’m wondering.

[fanfan]

Thanks Gabz.

I have to go out for a while.

BB soon.

[Judith Anne]

I think it’s genetic, too. However, it will be taxed and regulated by law, regardless.