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Old 4th Feb 2008, 19:51
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gingernut
 
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No, it's unlikely, unless you've got some demonstrable damage due to the smoking.

Unlikely in a young candidate.

Shunter, without wishing to get into the "holier than thou" or "there's no evidence smoking really kills you" debate, I suspect you're probably getting away with things 'cos of your age.

In my experience,one of five things usually happen to smokers:

Nothing- Aunt Flo smoked all her life, lived till 108 (sometimes but rare-ish)

Some rare 'orrible cancer consumes you in your middle age (rare-ish)

You die of heart disease younger than you should (sometimes)

You live a normal life, blowing 30% more into the peak flow machine, then you suddenly start dropping off the curve quickly in the your mid fifties- Vera Duckworth type illness. (Common)

You get run over by a bus (rare)

Good health

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