Is it common for childhood Scarlet Fever to kill a heavy smoker early in life?

Hard to say. My sister had Scarlet Fever as a child, and has had bad health her whole life because of it, as well as being mentally “slow”, when she wasn’t before. She has never smoked in her life. Smoking doesn’t do anyone any favors, but even a doctor couldn’t say for sure how much smoking contributed to your sister’s death.

My father had neither, smoked some and then quit, and died from pulmonary edema when he was 35. Life is sometimes a crapshoot. (And I ain’t touchin that tina). I knew some other people that had both and lived a long life.

My auntie got scarlett fever and died by age 16, no smoking or previous health issues.