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Old 01-17-2010, 03:36 PM   #77
Ford Prefect
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Originally Posted by TheSutterDynasty View Post

You leading a poor lifestyle doesn't justify your freedom to smoke.

Healthy people may enjoy bad food, or an office job and not risk any long term effects. Healthy people smoking a couple times per week greatly increases their risk for lung cancer, among other things (and, well, they likely wouldn't be deemed "healthy").
Why do you assume I lead a poor lifestyle? My diabetes and cholesterol problems are hereditary and have nothing to do with lifestyle. My son first tested high for cholesterol at 14 years old. He's fit, active and eats healthy. Diabetes and cholesterol problems along with a couple other health issues appear in my family all over the place, and they trace directly back to my maternal grandmother. With proper management we still tend to live into our 80s, but lifestyle alone won't prevent or control our hereditary health issues.
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