Smoking Kills

Original posting, October 2006

Ultimate Breakdown Of Global Society
Polonium-210

• Life expectancy for female smokers is to age 70 (11 years less than the average of 81).

• Male smokers lose around 3 years: 73 instead of 76.

Why the difference between the sexes? Not fair is it! But, simple though: smoking kills. Men don't reach 76 and women don't reach 81.

• All smokers die in their early 70's. On average. But there's always somebody (usually a smoker) who knows of an example of someone living to 110 years of age having smoked 60 a-day for 80 years or more. Always unverified.

The classic denial syndrome

This means a lot die younger.

Very short story:

"What did you achieve in life, Daddy?"
"Nothing, really. I had my time cut out trying to stay alive. Getting through my fags. Did you know that over my 50 year habit of 40 a-day, I smoked my way through the equivalent of one 23 mile-long fag? Nearly 730,000 fags!

That represents a depressing number of dirty lungs full of filthy black smoke.