Lifetime cigarette consumption-one family
Dad........................642,400
Mom.......................273,750
Uncle Jack.............689,850
Aunt Eleanor..........600,000
Gramps..................328,500
Chambier (sis).......481,800
Me*........................255,500
# of cigarettes smoked: 3,271,800
give or take a few packs...
my mom lived the longest...
they all died from smoking.
*smoke free; still alive
The Surgeon General states in his most recent
findings that at least 5.6 million children will
grow up to die of tobacco related diseases.
These two ailments, Diabetes and Colon cancer,
as mentioned in yesterdays post, have joined the
fray as official dangers to smokers.
My mother would have been 92 today had
she not had dreadful diabetic complications
in her seventies stemming from a lifelong
smoking habit.
Be aware: She quit two packs a day at age 50-
but it wasn't nearly soon enough.
