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Even serious athletes used to smoke. Here's a famous photo [0] from the Tour de France of the cyclists smoking in the 1920s. The accepted wisdom was it "opened
by dmurray 7y ago
Even serious athletes used to smoke. Here's a famous photo [0] from the Tour de France of the cyclists smoking in the 1920s. The accepted wisdom was it "opened up your lungs", which might even be correct if you're already a habitual smoker. And there are plenty more anecdotes of elite footballers, tennis players etc being heavy smokers up until the 80s or later.
[0] https://twistedsifter.com/2011/12/picture-of-the-day-vintage-tour-de-france-shot-from-the-1920s/ https://twistedsifter.com/2011/12/picture-of-the-day-vintage...
- vic-traill 7y agoGuy Lafleur - the Hockey Hall of Fame former Montreal Canadiens forward - was a notorious smoker in the 70s through to the 80s. You wouldn't believe it watching him skate, he was a speedster. Technique overcoming the respiratory system, I suppose. He admits smoking in intermissions between periods in this interview [0] [0] http://oilersnation.com/2013/10/16/guy-lafleur-shares-some-stories/ http://oilersnation.com/2013/10/16/guy-lafleur-shares-some-s...
- kyuudou 7y agoOne of my roommates is a triathlete and while he's not amazingly successful, his body is clearly naturally athletic and simply completing a triathlon is in my mind quite an accomplishment. In his mid-30s, serious alcoholic and smokes a few Newports a day along with some CBD blunts a few days a week. I told him he wasn't going to be invincible for ever, though. But like me he probably won't listen until he gets some kind of diagnosis or coughs up blood or something.