I grew up living by a military runway and we were under the flight path. I'd look up when the 747 flew over my head and see the bottom of the plane. My dad was in the military and cigarettes were cheap. All of us smoked; that was the way it was. Between air pollution and smoking I ended up with COPD. I don't smoke now but the damage is done.
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