I really liked the movie. I find it interesting that Arlen gets lung cancer. He is forced to remove a lung to live. I didn't realize a person could live with only one lung. Then he does not realize that his smoking habit is he cause for the Lung cancer. I know it is the late 40s to the 50s but it is not hard to figure out. DUH! It makes me glad I never started smoking.
shareSmoking is highly addictive and some people have even smoked through a tracheotomy.
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One of my sister-in-laws kept smoking after she was diagnosed with cancer, and that was in the 21st century. She died at age 47, about ten years ago.
Stupid, yes, but still not that unusual, sad to say.
Great ... go back in time and bring the guy some
shareYes, you can live with one lung. (If you call it living.)
Nicotine is highly addictive.
It isn't unusual to keep smoking even after a cancer diagnosis. My Aunt did.
I guess the thinking is that they have nothing to lose as quitting isn't going to help.
I figured it was due to being a man so down he didn't care.
shareI really liked the movie. I find it interesting that Arlen gets lung cancer. He is forced to remove a lung to live. I didn't realize a person could live with only one lung. Then he does not realize that his smoking habit is he cause for the Lung cancer. I know it is the late 40s to the 50s but it is not hard to figure out. DUH! It makes me glad I never started smoking.
Well, the tobacco companies hid and denied any evidence or connection between smoking and lung cancer for a very long time. The tobacco lobby was a very powerful one. As recently as 1994 the CEO's of all the U.S. tobacco companies had the gall to testify before congress that evidence of smoking causing lung cancer was inconclusive and that cigarettes were not addictive.
The U.S. Surgeon General's report on smoking wasn't published until 1964. Up until the late 1950's it was common for cigarette companies to quote physicians in their advertisements stating that such and such a brand was milder than others and caused no throat or respiratory problems. They also cited supposed surveys of physicians that asked what brands of cigarettes they themselves smoked.
Given all this, it's not surprising to see someone in the time period of the film with lung cancer still smoking. Very sad, but not surprising.
Also note that in the film Trumbo was shown continuing to smoke like a chimney even after his friend had been diagnosed and died from lung cancer. It's very tough to overcome addiction.
If I understand correctly, I think that smoking had been suspected to be bad for you for years even before the 1964. The 60's just made it common knowledge that it was bad for you. Many temperance groups banned it too.
shareI think that smoking had been suspected to be bad for you for years even before the 1964.
Humans are stupid.
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Vices are enjoyable. For some it's an equation of total happiness. If they suspect that total happiness would still be less (even with the gain in health), they continue with the vice. It's one thing to say "Quit smoking now, and you'll likely live longer, and have less chance of various diseases," and quite another to say "Quit smoking now, and your live will be happier and more fulfilled." Sadly, that's not a claim that anything can make, though various groups have tried throughout history to make it (see: Religion).
shareWell, that's what addiction does to people.
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shareI had an aunt who was on an oxygen tank when she had lung cancer, and she smoked up to a few days before her death. She could not stop.
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