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slightlv

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7. I'm not dead yet, so I can't say with certainty...

Reply to wolfie001 (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 05:55 PM

Dec 11

but while cancer has run in my general family, lung cancer hasn't... even among those who smoked for years and decades.
There is a whole other side of the family (my dad's) I no nothing about, as well as a side of the family from my Mom's real father. Never met any of them. But so far, each x-ray I get shows I'm okay. Plus, I don't have a lot of the issues my know family has had run through them. So, I'm hoping... because right now, smoking is the only thing keeping me sane. I have given thought of quitting, as a goad to get the same from hubby... and willing to go to vapes... but hubby has absolutely no desire. (shrug)

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Posted here because of the incongruity between smoking and longevity [View all] wolfie001 Dec 11 OP

Is she still alive? BOSSHOG Dec 11 #1

she recently produced a PSA: ret5hd Dec 11 #2

She's a dead ringer. BOSSHOG Dec 11 #3

She passed a while ago wolfie001 Dec 11 #4

We were so happy when dad quit smoking at 80. multigraincracker Dec 11 #5

Amazing! Thanks for that info wolfie001 Dec 11 #6

I'm not dead yet, so I can't say with certainty... slightlv Dec 11 #7

Well, keep doing your thing. I need my 3 cups of coffee every am wolfie001 Dec 11 #11

For me, it's a glass of mead every couple of months... ;) slightlv Dec 14 #20

Mead is nice wolfie001 Dec 14 #21

My father began smoking at age 14 - 3 packs of unfiltered "Luckies" a day. 3Hotdogs Dec 11 #9

Wow! 83 is about 7 years longer than males' average lifespan today wolfie001 Dec 11 #12

I turned 83 in October. I'm treasurer of my hiking club. I can't do the class C3 hikes with the club anymore 3Hotdogs Dec 11 #15

Inspiring! wolfie001 Dec 12 #16

A group of Norwegians were believed to inherited multigraincracker Dec 11 #10

That's interesting. They also have immunity from lactose sensitivity too, right? wolfie001 Dec 11 #13

Who knows? If she wasn't a smoker, she might have made 1465 months. 3Hotdogs Dec 11 #8

Curious? wolfie001 Dec 11 #14

one of my great-great uncles was a big smoker. he did havelung issues his last years, but they had to check his heart pansypoo53219 Dec 12 #17

IMHO and not even talking about this particular person BootinUp Dec 12 #18

Oh yes! The famous "blue zones" wolfie001 Dec 12 #19