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sdipsdip Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 406

Someone has posted in the past about life insurance and the blood test. How long do you need to refrain from smoking to show no signs from your blood test?

Anyone know?

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  • ScottUScottU Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 194
  • jlzimmermanjlzimmerman Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 282
    What's the frequency that determines non-smoker vs smoker? One stogie a week? One a day? One a month?
  • brc81brc81 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 249
    When my wife and I setup our life insurance policy one question was "are you a smoker" and then they asked "have you consumed or used any tobacco products in the last 4 years" answering yes to either question qualified you for smoker's rates according to my agent.
  • jlzimmermanjlzimmerman Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 282
    brc81:
    When my wife and I setup our life insurance policy one question was "are you a smoker" and then they asked "have you consumed or used any tobacco products in the last 4 years" answering yes to either question qualified you for smoker's rates according to my agent.
    One smoke in FOUR YEARS means you're a smoker?!?! Unbelievable.
  • brc81brc81 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 249
    I said the same thing. His response was that their justification was that cigarette smokers that have quit are likely to start smoking again within 4 years of quitting.
  • niz33niz33 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 83
    jlzimmerman:
    brc81:
    When my wife and I setup our life insurance policy one question was "are you a smoker" and then they asked "have you consumed or used any tobacco products in the last 4 years" answering yes to either question qualified you for smoker's rates according to my agent.
    One smoke in FOUR YEARS means you're a smoker?!?! Unbelievable.
    My company just recently made us sign on a paper if you smoked or not. But the fine print said that pipes and cigars are not consider to be a smoker. I loved it, or else my premium would have gone up by $45.
  • urbinourbino Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 4,517
    That's the way it oughtta work. Classifying pipe/cigar smokers the same as cigarette smokers and making them pay the same premiums is nothing but free money for the insurance companies.
  • kuzi16kuzi16 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 14,471
  • sdipsdip Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 406
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