[DaGman]

"The fact that your MIL smoked at all — not that she quit “abruptly” - is almost certainly the reason she died of lung cancer. My condolences."

It is certainly true that because she smoked she developed lung cancer. But this article generates serious questions that maybe you should be "managing" cessation of smoking. For example, would it be better to quit gradually, say over 6 months or a year, than to abruptly quit in order to avoid what might be a kind of "system shock" that may trigger cancer.

And my wife quit smoking 3 months ago and I'm wondering now if that was a good idea rather than to just cut down and then gradually quit to avoid a system shock.

[rockinqsranch]

“...And my wife quit smoking 3 months ago and I’m wondering now if that was a good idea rather than to just cut down and then gradually quit to avoid a system shock.”

My wife quit cold turkey in 1996 with absolutely no ill effects to date. I wish I could do the same. This article does make one wonder though.

I ceased smoking in the house twenty years ago along with in the car at the same time, and have always made certain to not smoke around others all because of the stink of the damned things. I’ve smoked for 47 years, but despise the smell of it, so I think if I don’t like it others don’t as well LOL.