Explain to a male over 70 ex smoker why he's more at risk?!

[StrawberryJam200]

Been trying to find a simple graph this morning and can't. He's intelligent but stupid and a bit arrogant iykwim....

(Not sure if being an ex smoker is a good or bad thing anyway given the surprising data on smokers!)

Thanks

There are loads of them, but how about you just let him get on with his life?

The thing is what will you achieve? He's already given up smoking. He can't change his sex. We all need to be cautious. I think the over 70s have been made aware of the risks.

Because I care?

Because it would have consequences for my family?

Unless he never reads anything about it and never watches the news, he knows.

People often just refuse to accept they are at risk no matter what the evidence. To them, disease and death happen to other people, not them.

My dad was the same.

He knows all that

He has a right to live his way. Whatever you want him to change he has a right to say no.

Don’t forget, recovery in the over 70s is massive, in the general population it’s 99.96% or something.

Of course he has a right to say no but I have a right to try and ensure he has clear facts and to protect my family from distress.

Well them Strawberry, the facts on over 70s are easy to find.

If he's intelligent and perfectly able to make his own decisions please don't belittle him.

He has obviously decided he will do what he wants to so let him.

It isn't easy but he is a grown man.

What makes you think he does not know (through reading and watching TV) the facts? Perhaps he is dismissing them. In which case he'll just dismiss anything you pass to him.

It is so worrying, I know.

Because he's old and his insides are inefficient.