Why does smoking not affect his health?

Question

My father in law has been smoking for a realllll long time.. maybe 35-40 years, but it does not seem like his health has been affected by it, can some of us just have good genes?

You all might be right, but he seems to have more energy then I do.. he is hitting 60 + and nothing seems to hold him back, lol, some of us just lucky like that. I have explained to him the risk involved, but he doesnt see it, since he hasnt had any side-effects.

Answer 1

Every once in a while we'll see on the news someone who is turning to an age over 100, and sometimes when they're asked what their "secret to longevity" is they'll joke that they stopped smoking in their 80's.

Health is a matter of one's whole lifestyle, genes, and luck (as far as I can see).

Smoking increases the risk of health problems, and it affects health in ways that don't show always show on the outside. It doesn't - even in the with all the science that points out the increased risk - guarantee illness by a certain age. The world is full of smokers who are in their 80's and even smokers who have no trouble running or doing strenuous exercise. It is also full of people who don't suffer the health effects of smoking until they're in their 70's or later, the ages when all bad health habits tend to start showing up in the form of heart attacks and lung problems.

I do not question the medical fact that smoking increasing the risk of any number of health risks, but these days on top of the legitimate information about increased health risks there is often a little layer of hysteria that would have us believe if we pick up one cigarette we'll drop dead.

One example is: "If you smoke you will wrinkle prematurely." In my life there is someone who has smoked for 35 years, and she showed not a single fine line or other sign of aging on her face until she reached her 50th birthday.

There are people who beat the odds, and there are people who beat the odds for a while. There are also who kind of beat the odds but not entirely.

For all people, exercise, healthy eating and sleep habits, genetic make-up and ability to cope with stress play a very important role in maintaining good health. Maybe your father-in-law has one or more of these positive factors in his life. Maybe he's just lucky. Maybe he'll beat the odds for a while longer. Maybe he'll be one of the 85-year-olds who gets diabetes instead of smoking-related illness.

He's one of the many, many, people who is taking a big healthy risk by smoking; but smoking does not always include a guarantee of early, smoking-related, illness.

Note: A man in his 60's is not a senile, little, elderly, person of 106. That's still a reasonably young person. He is probably well aware of the health risks of smoking and of the fact that he's taking a big chance, but smokers are often not able to quit.

Answer 2

Smoking is bad for your health, it is a fact been proved many times. Regardless what ever you say, there is no good genes. Might be the effect take a while to appear physically, go take him do medical check up see how his lung looks like, then you will be suprised. More over, even you say that he is not affected, what about people around them?Don't let his appearance fool you. What ever, final conclusion smoking is a bad.

Answer 3

When i get to my degrading health years i plan to start smoking in the interest of dieing before i need help wiping my ***. I wanna knock off as many nursing home, wheelchair years as possible.

Answer 4

My friend sounded the same. He was very active and had smoked for 50 years. He died of lung cancer at the age 65. It shows on the inside.

Answer 5

His health has been affected. You just havn't seen him run a propper distance etc. Smoking kills half the people who do it. The other half will have various symptons and will affect them differently depending on many things including genes.

Answer 6

it effects everyone different but just b/c you can't see the problem doesn't mean it isn't there. some people are very lucky when it comes to smoking but it will affect him sooner or later. my grandpa smoked for probably75 yrs. but he didn't die from it. he never got cancer. amazing isn't it? however, his daughter, my aunt, never smoked and has had three bouts with cancer. could be second hand but i don't know. the fact is, we can never know. it's just better to be safe.

Answer 7

I smoked for 55 years before it caught up with me

I can't do much anymore cause I am tied to an 02 tank

Answer 8

Maybe you can't tell it but, I assure you that it has had a negative effect on his health. Don't be fooled, smoking is not a healthy habit.

Answer 9

My dad has been smoking for that long too, and last month he was diagnosed with cancer and only has a year left to live.

And he seemed perfectly healthy.

Answer 10

you can bet he's been affected by it, his breathing would
probably tell you a little story, or maybe when he don't end
up with the long healthy life that some of the non-smokers
in his family will enjoy.