You might win lotto…. Being half French, I often heard the story of Jeanne Calment, the world’s oldest person. She died aged 122 in France, having been a smoker for most of her life. When she was 70 years old, she ‘sold’ her house to a solicitor, the understanding being that she could live in […]
There’s never been a better time to give up smoking. Research just released has found that smoking is much more dangerous than commonly thought. Researchers have found that just one cigarette a day can still raise the risk of a heart attack or stroke to about half the risk from smoking 20 a day. The […]
Last year, my husband, Hugh, had to have a serious operation. As part of the procedure, the operation involved deflating and then re-inflating one of his lungs. Before the operation, his surgeon asked him whether or not he smoked, or had ever smoked. Hugh was able to reply ‘no’ to both questions. Whereupon the surgeon […]
