The “smokers paradox” saved my life. Smoking causes a constriction of the arteries. If a smoker has a blockage in an artery, smoking may bring on chest pains while the artery is still open enough to sustain heart muscle. A non-smoker doesn’t get that advantage. By the time they start feeling chest pains, it may be a fatal level of blockage.
One of those odd things.
“smoking may bring on chest pains while the artery is still open enough to sustain heart muscle. “
Aint that the truth - I know two people with the same thing.
My b-i-l has smoked two packs a day for forty years, had a heart attack and developed emphysema before fifty while still smoking.
I hate smoking and Mr. CGG smokes BUT I compare his smoking to my mom’s addiction to her anti-anxiety drugs. Both are used to make them feel better, both are addictive, both are expensive. It’s just that addiction to prescription drugs is more socially acceptable than smoking but there’s no taxable income to the state from the drugs.