As a Physiotherapist who used to conduct PFT’s on patients with Emphysema I cannot emphasize enough what a “hell” one’s life becomes after years of smoking. Imagine always having the feeling you cannot catch your breath and having to focus on your breathing at all times; or even worse the feeling you are drowning when out of breath. Time to get kids to think about these sensations before they start to smoke instead of focussing on just lung cancer as an outcome. JE Sleeth PT OPC