On Wed May-22-2013 20:44, mark lewis (1:3634/12.71) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 ml> On Wed, 22 May 2013, Roger Nelson wrote to Bill McGarrity:

BM> The carcinogens in second-hand smoke is just as real for any living 
BM> animal. Some may be affected, some not.  Just like humans.  I've 
BM> known people who go to sleep with a cigarette still lit and puffin 
BM> away... they have no signs of it. We all have cancer cells, it's 
BM> what triggers them.  Crap shoot.. :)

 RN> I suppose so.  Some people are luckier than others.

 ml> like me who has been smoking for 40 years and has no sign of any
 ml> cancerous mess at all while others around me are falling like flys?

I smoked for 39 years and when I quit "cold turkey", I was up to an average of
2.5 packs per day.  Running out of breath while bowling scared the
you-know-what out of me.  I had my lungs X-rayed the day after I quit and the
doctor told me I was lucky there were no spots on my lungs and asked me to
come back in six months for another set of X-rays.  I did and my lungs were
clear.  I considered that remarkable.


Regards,

Roger 
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