# Smokers and Pneumonia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-and-pneumonia/745512>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 8, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-and-pneumonia/745512 "2016-02-08T03:26:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Idontwanttosay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Idontwanttosay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idontwanttosay)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-and-pneumonia/745512/1 "2016-02-08T03:26:48Z")

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How long after finishing antibiotics for walking pneumonia did you wait to smoke a cigarette?

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-and-pneumonia/745512/2 "2016-02-08T04:00:44Z")

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100 years

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-and-pneumonia/745512/3 "2016-02-08T04:27:28Z")

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> [@Idontwanttosay](#):
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> How long after finishing antibiotics for walking pneumonia did you wait to smoke a cigarette?

My wife smoked the whole time she was on antibiotics. Though not as much.

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**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-and-pneumonia/745512/4 "2016-02-08T18:26:26Z")

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When I smoked, unconsciousness was the only time I didn’t light up. Quit 3 years ago, still miss them.

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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-and-pneumonia/745512/5 "2016-02-09T20:06:16Z")

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If you have managed to stop, why on earth would you consciously choose to re-start?

If you were diagnosed with a lung cancer, would that be enough to get you to stop?

Both my parents + the “one who got away” smoked themselves to death. The record was age 50, as in:  
Born: 1951  
Died: 2001

You will never be healthy enough to smoke.

Please don’t.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-and-pneumonia/745512/6 "2016-02-09T20:50:18Z")

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Smoking during walking pneumonia increases the likelihood of infection with the boogie woogie flu.