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ShazzieB

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42. I agree that tobacco is the devil-weed.

Mon May 11, 2026, 02:55 PM

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My parents were also lifelong heavy smokers. They managed to escape cancer, but they both had cardiac issues that were were probably caused and definitely aggravated by the smoking, and my mom had COPD as well. My dad made it to 77, which doesn't sound that bad if you don't know that his father lived into his 90s and one of his sisters made it to 101. My mom only made it to 66 before succumbing to congestive heart failure (dad went first, because he was 20 years older). Mom wanted to quit smoking and made many half-hearted attempts, but never succeeded even after the COPD diagnosis.

I hate cigarettes with a passion and love the clean indoor air laws my state passed some time back.

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