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It's true that life is risky. So why add to the risk?
It's true. I've never smoked. I paid attention when they were doing the experiment in science class where they show the effects of tobacco smoke on lungs. And so I never started. I want to live as long as my body and my luck will allow.
However my Mom smoked for years. She had a terrible time quitting. But when the doctor told her it was quit or die, she quit. She now lives with partial emphysema. She lives a greatly limited lifestyle and has a permanent cough.
However, she's luckier than our former neighbor in Seattle. She also had emphysema. She spent her last three years tied to an oxygen bottle. She died two years ago. Her lungs gave out.
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