what do you think about ....?

[Guest guest]

Dear all,

my dad passed away on July 16, in spite of all the doctor's

prediction that he would have lived for another 6 months at least :

it was just 1 month instead, and we had no time to think about any

alternative treatment, he just had some radiant therapy, but died

before starting chemo ...

I've been criticized by my parents and friends for my complaining

about his heavy smoking habits: people say that " if it has to

happen, it happens, no matter if you smoke or not " .....

I agree with the fact that you can't totally control everything in

your life, but my thought is that maybe some people smoke 100

cigarettes a day and live a long and healthy life, other people

never smoke a cigarette and die from a lung cancer at 20 .... but

since you don't know if your body is strong enough, the best thing

you can do is not smoking at all ....

After all, the statistics are clear about it in saying that 93% of

lung cancer is due to smoking habit, and this data must have a

meaning, we don't talk about 20 or 30 %, it's 93 ...

More, does smoke favour , apart from lung cancer, any other kind of

cancer, even if in a lesser percentage?

I don't know the statistics for this, but I remember I read something

years ago that stated that smoking helps develop any kind of

cancer ...

What do you think/know about this ?

Thank you

Leo

[Guest guest]

Most of us understand that smoking is indicated for more than just cancer.

However, my immediate concern, Bladder Cancer, has a strong connection with

smoking. Was the smoking I did 30+ years ago and not heavily, the reason I

developed Bladder Cancer? Was it the second hand smoke from my wife's smoking

addiction?

Smoking is bad for everyone and while there are always the exceptions, the

people that do not seem to be affected adversely by smoking are exactly

that---the exceptions.

All of the above also fits in with diet and other influences. For example, my

father-in-law died at 94. He smoked, drank plenty of alcoholic beverages, and

worked as a Painter-Wallpaper hanger. All kinds of horrible chemicals and

cigar smoking while drinking led to him making it 94 years? No, he was just

the exception.

Joe C.