New Posts For Thread: SMOKERS - how many in your family, or are friends ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29484363/smokers---how-many-in-your-family-or-are-friendsAged 18 or over only Me - smokerFather - smoked Mother -non-smokerEldest daughter - packed up when she got pregnant, started again, stopped for second pregnancy, not re-started ^^ her husband - light smoker Youngest daughter - never smoked^^ her husbFurther to my "recent" post, I've not had a cig since 6/4/18. Would be silly to carry on with COPD.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29484363/smokers---how-many-in-your-family-or-are-friends?post_id=555042917#555042917Further to my "recent" post, I've not had a cig since 6/4/18. Would be silly to carry on with COPD.Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:10:36 -0500Mother smoked until her mid-50s, including while carrying me. She enjoyed remarkably good health, until succumbing to acute leukaemia at 81, and dying within a matter of days.Father smoked until his mid-70s. Died of a heart attack at 86 or 88 (it washttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29484363/smokers---how-many-in-your-family-or-are-friends?post_id=555042717#555042717Mother smoked until her mid-50s, including while carrying me. She enjoyed remarkably good health, until succumbing to acute leukaemia at 81, and dying within a matter of days.Father smoked until his mid-70s. Died of a heart attack at 86 or 88 (it wasMon, 16 Jul 2018 12:46:39 -0500you almost say that with relish.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29484363/smokers---how-many-in-your-family-or-are-friends?post_id=555041919#555041919you almost say that with relish.Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:02:18 -0500Bob Marley died of Melanoma. Cancer of the skin started in his big toe and within 4 years tumours had spread to his liungs and brain. He was 36.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29484363/smokers---how-many-in-your-family-or-are-friends?post_id=555040933#555040933Bob Marley died of Melanoma. Cancer of the skin started in his big toe and within 4 years tumours had spread to his liungs and brain. He was 36.Mon, 16 Jul 2018 08:06:10 -0500I think smoking rates are roughly:now 25%10 years ago 33%1970s 50%Don't know about 1940s - 60s but would guess much higher I may have gone too high at 25% in 2012. It was 17% in 2015, falling to under 16% in 2016 and 2017.Don't know if EMR is stillhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29484363/smokers---how-many-in-your-family-or-are-friends?post_id=555040789#555040789I think smoking rates are roughly:now 25%10 years ago 33%1970s 50%Don't know about 1940s - 60s but would guess much higher I may have gone too high at 25% in 2012. It was 17% in 2015, falling to under 16% in 2016 and 2017.Don't know if EMR is stillMon, 16 Jul 2018 07:30:51 -0500For mehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29484363/smokers---how-many-in-your-family-or-are-friends?post_id=525974147#525974147For meSun, 11 Nov 2012 09:06:58 -060020 Lambert and Butler a day. 2 sisters. one never smoked, other stopped years ago. Mother never smoked, dad can't remember him. 2 kids don't smoke, one neice who does.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29484363/smokers---how-many-in-your-family-or-are-friends?post_id=525974139#52597413920 Lambert and Butler a day. 2 sisters. one never smoked, other stopped years ago. Mother never smoked, dad can't remember him. 2 kids don't smoke, one neice who does.Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:06:50 -0600Car drivers mangled on UK roads on a daily basis. I'd say the odds of just one being a mary joanna smoker are not that long. As for paranoia, I recall a nutjob on the London Underground running full pelt from the carriage he was in, screaming somethihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29484363/smokers---how-many-in-your-family-or-are-friends?post_id=525973055#525973055Car drivers mangled on UK roads on a daily basis. I'd say the odds of just one being a mary joanna smoker are not that long. As for paranoia, I recall a nutjob on the London Underground running full pelt from the carriage he was in, screaming somethiSun, 11 Nov 2012 08:33:39 -0600no one has died directly from slower reactions or paranoiahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29484363/smokers---how-many-in-your-family-or-are-friends?post_id=525971615#525971615no one has died directly from slower reactions or paranoiaSun, 11 Nov 2012 07:43:43 -0600No problem, skip. I may have been a bit drunk.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29484363/smokers---how-many-in-your-family-or-are-friends?post_id=525969443#525969443No problem, skip. I may have been a bit drunk.Sun, 11 Nov 2012 06:16:15 -0600