I mean seriously, the data is conflicted and confusing. I don't smoke myself and never have, but recently a friend of mine said his father was diagnosed with COPD and will have to have a portion of his lung removed after twenty five years of smoking heavily. Makes sense to me, but what doesn't is how and why many lifelong smokers never show any sign of disease. John McCain for example…two packs a day for three decades and a clear lung scan after quitting. I also know another guy who has smoked for thirty years and shows no sign of illness and his theory is you can do whatever you want as long as you're willing to offset whatever that is with an equal amount of effort of something beneficial, so despite his smoking and drinking, he also walks ten miles every day…five miles each way to work even though he owns a car. I guess I just don't get it.
Suggestion:
Some smokers get cancer or emphysema or something like that. You have a much bigger chance if you smoke. That doesn't mean that you should feel cheated if you didn't get a serious, life-threatening disease.
EVERYONE who smokes has a little harder time breathing, less endurance, and has a harder time getting over colds and flu and minor things like that. Statistically it shortens your life even if you aren't among the lucky few who got lung cancer.
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