My grandpa (who died about 2 years ago, not directly related to smoking) always smoked a lot too. Doctors have been telling him for years to stop or at least smoke less. He tried it a few times, but he only felt worse when doing it.
I doubt if there is really a point to stop smoking at an old age when you have heavily smoked all your life. I'm sorry to say it like this, but it's not like his lungs will suddenly heal quickly from years of smoke. From a medical point of view sure, stopping is always good, but i doubt if it's worth it mentally... that's how i at least thought about it with my own grandpa, because for him you could really see it was an addiction when he tried to stop (nasty sideeffects)
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Originally posted by q25
http://www.smoke-free.ca/Second-Hand-Smoke/health_kids.htm
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Originally posted by Steven
every 5 minutes i hear the door opening and him going outside and puffing.
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