My oldest sister will be 68 years old in October and is soon to be placed in a nursing home, as soon as she is released from the hospital. She's smoked since she was a teenager, and was diagnosed with congestive heart failure a few years ago. 2 years ago she had back surgery and she had to quit smoking for 8 weeks before the surgery. She started smoking again after, and now here she is. Smokers are fucking hard headed.

I remember that. It seems like it was only a few weeks between the time his cancer was announced and his death.
Some lung cancers are quick.

That commercial had a profound effect on me, as I smoked at the time. After many attempts, I was able to give it up 21 years ago, and always remembered that commercial by Yul Brynner, my mother's favorite actor. However, anti-vaxxers are purely evil, and good riddance to them, if only they weren't infecting others.

Yep, and that is why mandates are being put in place.

I recently had an exchange on the vaccine subject with a person who seemed normal and logical until he started talking about why he was not vaccinated. On the subject of vaccination, there was no chance of reasoning with him.