One of the first things I ever heard from him was "my formerly nicotine stained fingers"
So he hadn't smoked cigarettes in over thirty years. Can non inhaled cigar smoke still bring on lung cancer?
I was exposed to second-hand smoke, as a kid in the early 50s, and began smoking at BSA’s Summer Camp, and it got heavier in college the the late 60s.
In NYC’s Midtown business world, I smoked 4-5 packs a day, cut back to 2-3 when I moved to PA to open my Nursery/Garden Center & Landscape Contracting Operation; now down to 1/2 - 1 pack. Lungs have mild COPD, but clear.
Lucky so far, I guess.