May 11, 2012
Robert
On Thu, 10 May 2012 21:48:33 GMT, ***@nyx.nyx.net(Bruce Watson)
wrote:
wrote:
Robert wrote:
wrote:
I agree. In addition, some elderly nicotine addicts might be
compelled to quit due to changes in their financial and/or living
situations.
It's odd that no one knows WHY the smoking rate for over 65 is 8%,
about half the rate for age 60.
Sure, it might be odd if it was true that no one knows why.
People over the age of 65 are more likely to be non smokers because smokers
have more of a tendancy to be dead by that time than non smokers.
Does this seem really complicated to you? You did claim to understand
numbers.
Life expectancy for an American, white, male, 65-year-old, smoker is
15 years; for a non-smoker it's 17 years.
How many more years do you think you have?
In that vicinity -- roughly 10-12 years.