Leonard Nimoy will be on Piers Morgan on Monday to talk about his smoking caused condition.

[onehandle]

Leonard Nimoy Reveals Lung Disease Diagnosis, Urges Fans To Quit Smoking

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014721233

[ChisolmTrailDem]

1. I remember him smoking in scenes of Mission Impossible. Hate to hear this about

one of my childhood favorites.

[frazzled]

2. I wouldn't feel that sorry

Or at least any more sorry than for anyone who at age 82 is diagnosed with a disease. At least he's alive to talk, and he's been working consistently throughout the years. He's already exceeded the average life expectancy (78.7), and he claims still to be enjoying life.

Look at Cory Monteith or Philip Seymour Hoffman--dead at 31 and and 46, respectively. No second chances with hard drugs.

[Tikki]

3. I believe he will be talking about a quality of life…COPD, emphysema and chronic bronchitis..

really take the joy out of you…

Quite a few people in the entertainment industry live into their 90's.
The famous have the money to buy grand health care.

I remember Yul Brynner and Laurence Harvey making passionate pleas for
people to understand how smoking shortened and ruined their live.

I am pretty sure Mr. Nimoy's message on smoking will be aimed at the under 82 years old crowd.

Tikki

[louis-t]

4. He was very vocal about it from the time he quit.

I remember reading an article in the early '80s about how he was constantly on his co-stars in a stage play he was doing. He said he could tell one of them had gone back to smoking because his voice was not projecting.

[AnnieBW]

5. My dad died of COPD

He'd quit smoking in the 1970's, but the damage was done. He'd started smoking in the Army in Korea, so he smoked for about 20 years.

I would not be surprised if Leonard said "Smoking is illogical."