Reply #44: It's funny how random smoking related illnesses can be

[LynneSin]

I mean my father died of lung cancer. His brother had esphogeal and mouth cancer (was able to live another 20 years after surgery & treatment). Yet their mother (my grandmother) smoked until she was almost 70 years old. She quit cold turkey after my father had died but by then she had already smoke for 50+ years.

It's funny because new smokers will cite they know someone who knows someone who has managed to smoke 50+ years but what they need to realize is smoking related illnesses can be quite random on who lives and who dies.