[GO DAWG GO]

Smoking is obviously not good for you. We all know this. But what I am finding out is
decades after someone quits there is still a propensity toward emphysema. I was
under the impression that if you “Quit” and survived 5 or more years you were out of
the woods per se.

My friend (79) was recently diagnosed with emphysema and he quit smoking 35 years ago.
This Is disturbing…Why did it wait so long to develop?

Does it usually take that long to develop and if there are any doctors on Pelican. Is this
normal?

Is smoking always the culprit or can it be other environmental exposure. Can it be genetic?

So. If you quit smoking at 40 what are the chances a normal person will acquire this disease
Later in life…percentages?

Is it just up to the individual and what type of an environment they spent most of years breathing in.

Doctors?