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Big Al
At his age, surely the damage - if there has been any, that is - is already done, though?
Yeah, my Dad is 76 and has smoked since he was an early teen. He's cut back to a couple a day, but every time he tried quitting for good, he put on weight.Quote
keithsman
There are two ways of looking at it, Keith might have been told by his doctor he really needs to stop for his heart and lungs, if that's the case he has nothing to lose by stopping, he will be fitter for it by tour time.
But if he is fine i would say it can be a mistake to stop, he's body will see it as a shock to the system after a lifetime smoking. My dad stopped age 70 and died three years later, he put on loads of weight after stopping and was stressed out without a cigarette. Before he gave up he was very active.
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24FPS
... but edibles is the way to go. Longer high, no quick come down.
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keithsman
Well done Keith, better late than never. Beggars the question why after all these years, looking forward to some nice clear vocals from Keith this tour.
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keefriff99I seriously doubt it, and he doesn't need to quit. Weed smoke is less toxic...and he could always vape if he really wanted to preserve what are left of his lungs.Quote
doitywoik
As for Keith having quit smoking I wonder if this also includes weed (and not only cigarettes).
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keithsman
Well done Keith, better late than never. Beggars the question why after all these years, looking forward to some nice clear vocals from Keith this tour.
Yeah I'm actually interested and curious to see if I will hear a difference, as well. I know that when he seriously curbed his drinking relatively recently (maybe not completely quit, but really dialed it back considerably) his guitar playing improved.
Yeah, I know...I'm not talking about the cheap contaminated vape cartridges that have been getting so much attention.Quote
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keefriff99I seriously doubt it, and he doesn't need to quit. Weed smoke is less toxic...and he could always vape if he really wanted to preserve what are left of his lungs.Quote
doitywoik
As for Keith having quit smoking I wonder if this also includes weed (and not only cigarettes).
Vaping can be worse for your lungs. Amazingly worse actually.
You're just perpetuating Keith's mythology with that talk.Quote
keithsman
If Keith is in good shape and has just given up smoking to be that bit fitter onstage and continue touring with the Stones for a few more years this is great news. Keith's Dad Bert lived to 90 still smoking and drinking to the end, I wonder if it's possible for Keith to go in into his 90's now. Giving up heavy drinking and stopping smoking makes this possible, he's giving himself the opertunity, man what a survivor he is underneath , he's always had this desire to still be here, I think the reason keith is still with us is because he so badly wants to be here. To some extent i think it's all in the power of the mind and a strong will. In an interview a few years back Keith said that he thinks the biggest most dangerous disease today is hypochondria, I'd go along with that.
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keefriff99You're just perpetuating Keith's mythology with that talk.Quote
keithsman
If Keith is in good shape and has just given up smoking to be that bit fitter onstage and continue touring with the Stones for a few more years this is great news. Keith's Dad Bert lived to 90 still smoking and drinking to the end, I wonder if it's possible for Keith to go in into his 90's now. Giving up heavy drinking and stopping smoking makes this possible, he's giving himself the opertunity, man what a survivor he is underneath , he's always had this desire to still be here, I think the reason keith is still with us is because he so badly wants to be here. To some extent i think it's all in the power of the mind and a strong will. In an interview a few years back Keith said that he thinks the biggest most dangerous disease today is hypochondria, I'd go along with that.
Keith could have OD'd on heroin the same as any other casualty of drug use in the '60s and '70s...I don't buy the idea that he was a "careful" addict or that he took special precautions by "testing for purity" and all that. When you're in the throes of heroin addiction, all you care about is that next fix.
Keith obviously comes from very sturdy stock, but the simple fact is he's just very lucky he never asphixiated.
Oh yeah, he's definitely not a binge drinker...a big difference between him and, say, Ronnie.Quote
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keefriff99You're just perpetuating Keith's mythology with that talk.Quote
keithsman
If Keith is in good shape and has just given up smoking to be that bit fitter onstage and continue touring with the Stones for a few more years this is great news. Keith's Dad Bert lived to 90 still smoking and drinking to the end, I wonder if it's possible for Keith to go in into his 90's now. Giving up heavy drinking and stopping smoking makes this possible, he's giving himself the opertunity, man what a survivor he is underneath , he's always had this desire to still be here, I think the reason keith is still with us is because he so badly wants to be here. To some extent i think it's all in the power of the mind and a strong will. In an interview a few years back Keith said that he thinks the biggest most dangerous disease today is hypochondria, I'd go along with that.
Keith could have OD'd on heroin the same as any other casualty of drug use in the '60s and '70s...I don't buy the idea that he was a "careful" addict or that he took special precautions by "testing for purity" and all that. When you're in the throes of heroin addiction, all you care about is that next fix.
Keith obviously comes from very sturdy stock, but the simple fact is he's just very lucky he never asphixiated.
I completely agree with you, it's more luck than judgement that he is here at all, i just meant seeing as he is still here and seems to have dealt with his demons he has a good chance of making very old bones, as you say he comes from good stock, Doris was 93 i think and Bert 89. The long life genes are there in his DNA , if Keith were me he would have probably killed my body many times lol.
I'll give him credit for something though, watch him in an interview, he's drinking but just takes a tiny sip or too, his not a binge drinker, that's down to him. Perhaps he was the same with drugs, like he didn't try to get higher than high.