I read about another famous chain smoker, humphrey Bogart, who died within two years of symptoms onset of oesophagus cancer, and within a year of diagnosis, in 1957.

He was 57.

When she learned I had picked up smoking at 17, my grandma cried heavily tears of sorrow. i always felt puzzled at her reaction and she must have seen my ending and found it dreadful. Grandpa had emphysema in his late 70s. It is clear I am doomed to die from smoking, as i smoke heavily and have been for about 20 years. May it be quick my Lord, please.

The photo is from his oral cancer foundation, found HERE