 | CastleBee (81)
04/07/2005 |  You can get lung cancer even if you have never held a cigarette in your hand. However, the odds of getting it go way through the roof if youre a smoker. My mother passed away in November 2002 just about 5 months after having been diagnosed with lung cancer. She was 76 years old and had been a smoker for about 50 years. This was basically her worst health fault maybe her worst fault period - and considering how well she took care of herself otherwise, I believe she may have had more years ahead of her had she not become hooked on tobacco and all the chemicals that are in cigarettes. My sister and I had been literally begging her to stop for the past 30+ years, and though she tried a few times, the addiction was just too strong. I cant speak from personal experience thank God this is one bad habit I was never drawn to. But I have heard that with some, breaking this habit can be as difficult as trying to kick heroine. It really hit my moms generation in an ugly way because it was not only very socially acceptable, but the facts about smoking and the contents of the products were suppressed to the point of it being what I consider criminal. Some of the old television commercials would actually be funny if the subject wasnt so dead serious. People like Rod Serling, Lucy, Desi and tons of other celebs were constantly puffing away - even Andy Griffith and Dick Van Dyke lit up now and then. Messages like - it makes you look good, relaxes you, gives you an air of sophistication were all over the place but very little if anything emerged about health concerns until my parents generation were well into middle age. Today, the tobacco companies are combating the now long known facts with a different approach - by pretending to actually care if children pick up this habit. The Philip Morris ads have an especially nauseating level of hypocrisy and are practically dripping with warm and fuzzy feigned concern. The fact is, these mega-corporations not only hope children will smoke theyre banking on it - since getting them while they're young is essential to their profits. I would like to say I think the greedy bastards will eventually lose out - but, I honestly cant see them going away any time soon.
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 | Randyman (103)
03/21/2005 | I don't really know, but it seems like this would be the easiest to prevent, since smoking is the biggest cause of lung cancer.
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 | JagDeepView (0)
05/11/2004 | Causes most deaths due to cancer in both males and females. Commonest association - Smoking, thus avoidable. Incidence wise, 2nd only to Breast Cancer in females and Prostate Cancer in males ( but more likely to have a fatal outcome).
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