Griffin Speaks

IF CIGARETTES KILLED THEM, THEY WILL KILL YOU TOO!

The following famous people were killed by tobacco use. They are: Nat “King” Cole, 45, singer  lung cancer; Judy Holliday, 43, actress  throat cancer; Mary Wells, 49, singer (“My Guy”) larynx cancer; Nancy Gore Hunger, 46, sister of Vice President Al Gore lung cancer; Carrie Hamilton, 38, actress, writer, musician lung cancer; Wilhelmina Cooper, 40, modeling pioneer lung cancer; Errol Flynn, 50, actor heart attack; Steve McQueen, 50, actor lung cancer; Jack Cassidy, 50, actor died in fire from smoking in bed; Carl Wilson, 51, musician (Beach Boys) lung cancer; Wayne McLaren, 51, “Marlboro Cowboy” lung cancer; Roger Maris, 51, baseball player (N.Y. Yankees) lung cancer; Robert Shaw, 51, actor (Jaws) heart attack; Eddie Kendrick, 52, singer (Temptations) lung cancer; Roy Orbison, 52 singer (“Pretty Woman”) heart attack; Babe Ruth, 53, baseball player oral cancer; Michael Landon, 54, actor pancreas and liver cancer; Susan Hayward, 55, actress lung cancer; George Harrison, 58, musician (The Beatles) lung cancer; Gracie Allen, 58 actress (wife of George Burns) heart attack; Humphrey Bogart, 57, actor (“Casablanca”) esophagus cancer; King George VI, 56 Father of Queen Elizabeth II  lung cancer; Betty Grable, 56, “pin-up” girl, actress lung cancer; Lee Remick, 55 actress lung and liver cancer; Doug McLure, 56, (The Virginian) lung cancer; Clark Gable, 59, actor (“Gone With The Wind”) heart attack; R.J. Reynolds, 58, tobacco company founder emphysema; R.J. Reynolds III, 59, tobacco company heir emphysema. 

Martin Luther King Jr. was a chain smoker. If he had not been assassinated he too would have probably been on the above list of famous people killed by tobacco. If you smoke and you have read this article consider this your wake up call. Quit today! Don't take another puff. 

Consider the savings along with the health benefits of quitting. If you smoke one pack of cigarettes a day for one year it will cost you $1,643; 2 packs will cost $2,464; and 3 packs will cost $4,928. In ten years 1 pack would have cost you $16,425 and 3 packs would have cost you $49,275. In 40 years 1 pack would have cost you $65,000 and 3 packs would have cost you $197,100. This article was written to save the life of someone who is just one puff away from lung cancer! Take my advice and put the cancer sticks down!

 Greg Griffin is a freelance writer. You can read his previous articles by visiting his web page at www.greggriffin.com