{"id":1897,"date":"2014-02-07T20:11:33","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T20:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2014-02-08T21:31:25","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T21:31:25","slug":"leonard-nimoy-announces-he-has-copd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=1897","title":{"rendered":"Leonard Nimoy announces he has COPD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Leonard Nimoy announced yesterday <\/a>he has COPD and put out a statement urging people to please quit smoking. Here is a more lengthy CNN article.<\/a><\/p>\n

Nimoy, sent out a tweet: “I quit smoking 30 yrs ago. Not soon enough. I have COPD. Grandpa says, quit now!! LLAP (Live Long and Prosper, obviously)”<\/p>\n

Part of the deviousness of smoking … even if you quit, the damage it does can come back to haunt you decades later. It’s heartbreaking that someone does the right thing … and still develops lung diseases years later. The best way to avoid that damage is to never start smoking to begin with.<\/p>\n

Leonard Nimoy says he is feeling OK<\/a>, but just cannot walk long distances. He issued his announcement after he was seen at an airport being pushed in a wheelchair and with a breathing tube. I know from personal experience they can do a lot to repair the damage done by COPD; they can’t cure it or make it go away, but they can get the lungs functioning better with various medications; I wish Nimoy the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leonard Nimoy announced yesterday he has COPD and put out a statement urging people to please quit smoking. Here is a more lengthy CNN article. Nimoy, sent out a tweet: “I quit smoking 30 yrs ago. Not soon enough. I have COPD. Grandpa says, quit now!! 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