Both my parents and all four of my grandparents died of smoking related diseases. I am clearly genetically predisposed to being harmed by smoking. Had I been born a generation earlier I would have likely been a smoker and probably dead or severely incapacitated by now. Plus, as a pathologist who has diagnosed numerous smoking related cancers I am cheered by this news.
I smoked for awhile. I decided to quit and did.
The best thing anyone can do is quit smoking.
Agree!
Unfortunately non- smokers can come down with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. You end up the same way as if you were a heavy smoker. - Tom
My great-grandfather rolled his own until the day he died in his mid-90’s. His son (my dad’s dad.) had his first heart attack in his early 50s and died of his second heart attack a year later.(Lifelong smoker) My dad had his heart attack mid-60’s and quit, still alive at 75.
I’m just happy it’s one bad habit I managed to miss.
(Medical Underwriter here for insurance. I see lung disease daily.)
Interesting, thanks.
Good for you! As a pathologist, what do you attribute the death of people from lung cancer who have never smoked a day in their lives?
And as a pathologist, is it safe to assume it is a part of your job to sign death certificates of your patients?
And if so, those who may have died of lung cancer, what do you write down as the cause of death?
And if so, why not?
As a follow up to my last post, could it be because you can’t prove the cause of death was due to smoking?