I have often wondered of the true difference between smoking cigarettes, roll-ups and/or roll-ups with a filter. On-line research seems pretty inconclusive.
On 12 April 2013 06:01, Raymond Feist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 11, 2013, at 7:53 AM, Richard Williamson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > My family has been remarkably resistant to cancer in its many forms. > > My grandpa Jack died in his '90s after smoking for 83 years (12-95), > > died from liver failure. Also, when he was in his 70s, he fell off > > the hay rack in his barn and broke his back, and lie there, smoking, > > until his wife came out to yell at him for missing dinner. About six > > months later he sent my dad a wonderful card thanking him for a recent > > visit, and by the way could he borrow $800 because he'd gotten his > > physical therapist pregnant... Jack was a bit of a kidder, and my dad > > (other than saying "My dad is a *$(## teenager") never said whether he > > was kidding or not. And this being Jack... could a been, could a > > been. > > > > What prevented my brother and me from starting smoking, however, was > > going to relatives' houses for Thanksgiving/Christmas/etc dinners, > > walking into the front room, and /not being able to see the far wall > > for the smoke/. <-- slight hyperbole, but closer to true, than not. > > > > Both my parents have had heart attacks, both have stopped smoking. > > > > > > rip > > > > > Sometimes it's genetic roulette and hitting the double 0. > > My mother smoked for 72 years, despite every attempt to keep her from > smoking. At age 93, she got a tumor on her lung which quickly spread to > her brain and she passed 90 days later. So my brother and I are talking > after and in the one moment of shared grim humor he says, 'Well, I guess > the smoking finally caught up withe her." > > Unless you wan to play genetic roulette, don't smoke cigarettes. > > Best,R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > >
