Lucy Briers – My father Richard’s life was cut short by tobacco

It is perfectly clear that the tax on all tobacco and vape products should be increased by £2 with ALL money going directly to the NHS and NOT to support benefit cheats asylum seekers and the rest of the rabble

It is very sad and horrible disease, I too have lost loved ones to tobacco.

If only your father had been a few decades younger, he may have had the opportunity to have switched to e-cigs and would have drastically reduced his risk of getting lung cancer.

Although plain packs may have a small effect, they are unlikely to have the impact you think they will, initial results from Australia have shown that plain packs will only benefit the smugglers and those who start to manufacture fancy cigarette cases.

The best chance to destroy the tobacco industry is for organisations like CRUK to embrace e-cigs as the tobacco industry destroying technology that they are. Sadly CRUK for reasons unknown wish to destroy the e-cig industry in it’s infancy and condemn many life long smokers to a slow and painful death, shameful behaviour from an anti cancer charity.

53 need to stop

a horrible disease,my father too succumbed to. sadly passed away at 69. I was only 37, he only met one of my children. cigarettes shouldbe banned in my opinion, cancer sticks we used to call them.

Please take heed, I’m currently recovering from mouth cancer, in which cigs/roll-ups/ any kind of tobacco, play a large part, I’m extremely lucky that it was caught very early, through a dental check. They gave me patches to help and although I still occasionally feel like a ciggie, I know how blessed I am to be here. Please take heed.

i took my mothers cigarettes from her when she was 75, she died 76. i will never forgive myself

Give it up! My husband smoked 40 a day for 30 years then stopped. Tried chewing gum etc but found willpower did the trick. Some people take the attitude “Oh well if I get cancer I have to die of something” . But No! Smoking can cause blocked arteries, heart problems and long term suffering of things like emphesema which dear Richard Briers died of. TAKE HEED!!

Totally agree. Lucy Briers you have done a good thing here and I am certain your father would be proud. He really did bring joy in his performances (I have recently be enjoying again Ever Decreasing Circles

Emphysema is a horrid disease, as a nurse I tried hard to get my mother to stop smoking, in fact its the only time we argued.
What upset me was knowing how my mother was going to die, he last 15 years were miserable, her one joy was meeting her great grandchildren.

My Dad, died May 1st, smoking related heart disease and emphysema. Story very similar to Lucy and her Dad’s was so sad. Of course sadly other people who have not smoked can die younger and of cancer. This is not the point, there are many, many smokers who will see out their days on hospital wards attached to oxygen machines – this could be prevented if they hadn’t smoked. I wholeheartedly after with her. I also started smoking early, aged 12, gave up when I was 35.

A brilliantly written document, that follows the era of when it was cool to smoke, to the damage it does and the sorrow it leaves behind. I see so many people in hypnosis that come to quit but it takes will power too

I have had a Father who died from lung cancer, a Cousin (not from my Dad’s side) and also a close family friend……non of them smoked……in fact they all hated smoking in any form….but the common denominator was……they all worked with diesel!! If you look at how many children have cancer today as compared to 20 years ago…ask yourself……why??…….My guess is because so many kids nowadays are subjected to diesel fumes…….a child in a buggy is so much closer to exhaust pipes!!

Sorry I don’t agree my friends 21yr old sister died non smoker non drinker fit & healthy doing a degree to become a teacher … go figure

I have seen so many loved ones die from smoking that I wished i could pass on the evidence to smokers today.The people that have died from smoking in my life time are so numerous that I would have a total ban on all cigarettes.May be one day people see the carnage.

My Hubbie smokes sits watching Tele all day smoking away he has been smoking 51yrs and he is coughing most of the time it is killing him but he won’t give up

My mum also smoked for years and died of lung cancer last year, it was devastating to see her deteriorate and suffer in such a horrible way. I plead with any one smoking to stop. It’s heart breaking to watch a loved one die this way.

I sit here reading your story. I agree. I am smoking a roll up right now. I am approaching 40 and I would love to give up completely. I am rubbish at keeping my promise so I don’t make promises. Been smoking since my first sneaky one at 11 years old when my sister and smoked my mums on way to school. Bad but true. My mum still smokes and she is riddled. My husband also has a terminal illnesses I won’t discuss about .
Well, I don’t know what to do. I want to give up but I will keep smoking unless I am put in a place I’m not allowed to smoke. Only times I don’t smoke is when I simply can’t afford to. But yes, it’s bloody hard. I support you all the way. It needs to be much tougher to start smoking too. Really really can’t stress that enough. My kids see me smoke so they hardly see it harming me but they don’t like seeing me do it. But inside, I know it is harming me.
But, I am still wanting my cup of tea and a cigarette. .

Very sad but my dad never smoked but he still died of cancer but my grandad who smoked 40 a day for 60 years lived longer! How can that be fair?