...My dad smoked 2 packs of non-filtered cigarettes a day. He talked about how smoking never hurt anyone. He died at 57 from a mix of diseases including emphysema and heart disease that all linked directly back to his smoking.

My mom never smoked but fought COPD for many years before she died.

The only smoking my wife and I did was breathing secondhand smoke. We both grew up with smokers. She was a very accomplished bowler back when smoking was legal in most bowling centers and a high percentage of bowlers smoked. We would spend 8 or 10 hours in a smoke-filled building 2 times a month and bowl a couple of nights every week in a smoke-filled building.

I guess we really quit breathing smoke on a regular basis when we were in our mid-50's. I suspect that will affect our health someday.