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MFM008

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1. sometimes its to late

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 05:40 PM

Jan 2020

the damage is still done to the heart or kidneys .
My dad started smoking in 1942 at age 12.
he quit 2 years before he died at 69.heart attack and kidney failure..to late.
My mom smoked 40 years and quit totally in 1995.
She still developed COPD and died last year.
I would beg, plead anyone who smokes try to stop
no matter when you started.
cigarettes always win.

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Lungs Have Almost 'Magical' Ability To Repair Damage From Smoking - If You Stop; Study [View all] appalachiablue Jan 2020 OP

sometimes its to late MFM008 Jan 2020 #1

I stopped 14 years ago - thought I'd die in my 40's. Feel great - big into cycling and working out kysrsoze Jan 2020 #2

+1 Mosby Jan 2020 #4

A couple folks we know also focused on how they weren't born appalachiablue Jan 2020 #5

9 months here - I stopped caring what Others Think alittlelark Jan 2020 #3

Bueno and take care appalachiablue Jan 2020 #6