Anecdote is not data, but this was from a scientist who had studied the phenomena. Also, there are forms of emphysema that are hereditary and unrelated to a smoking history. More anecdote: I know someone who had congenital asthma from adrenal insufficiency as a child who smokes not only marijuana, but the immature, male and other leaves of the marijuana plant. He does not smoke cigarettes, but grew up with smoking parents and grandparents. At age 45, his asthma has long ago disappeared, he no longer takes medication or uses an inhaler and he is convinced the marijuana leaves (not the flowers) are what have helped him.
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This is where we gotta be careful- too many times, people look at anectdotal evidfences, and make claims based on these events- but the reality is that in each case, something else might have contributed to ‘well being’ (assuming wer’e looking into anecdotal evidences of somethign like vitimins, where people ‘swear by such and such’ a vitimin as it ‘cured them of... fill in hte blank”) Chganges in their lifestyle most likely had greater impact o ntheir heralth than anyhtign else, or even a move from a city to country could have helped, or food changes or even just their bodies naturally creating antibodies to problems that helped them feel better etc.
Vitimin makers and herb makers etc are the worst offenders- making claims based on anectdotal evidences, and people waste billions of dollars every year on crap that doesn’t work- A balanced diet, one that works well for your own particular body chemistry, is probably the best advice- for some it might be more meat, less acidic foods, some need acidic foods etc, on and on-
people do outgrow asthma on their own for no apparent reason (although, again, there are probably underlying reasons that the person isn’t aware of, but they contribute their ‘cure’ to.... fil in the blank, when in reality, it was somethign compeltely different that helped them- Adrenal insufficiency could have corrected itself once the person got older, and hteir hormone levels changed- or even a pitutitary tumor could have caused an overproduction of cortisol (amazingly, one in 4 people have a pitutiary tumor, and don’t even ralize it- the great majority of tumors are benign, but do cause hormonal changes in a number of cases)
Anyways- we need to be careful about claims- As one poster said
Gave up drinking
gave up smoking
ate right
Died anyways