JG. The crazy thing about my mother's smoking was that she had to have a peppermint lifesaver in her mouth while she smoked her menthol Kools. And one lifesaver was good for two cigs. After one cig she would put the half melted lifesaver between the cellophane and cig pack to use during the next cig.

My sister and I joked that science should have looked into that. She didn't have lung or heart problems, just dementia at age 80. She smoked since she was 16.