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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 04:58 PM Original message |
Lung Cancer the leading cause of cancer deaths |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. This should make for one of our good old smoking threads. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thank you for posting this. Lung cancer deaths of non-smokers is truly unsettling |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You are welcome. I lost my best friend to this and she was also |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. I lost my father to lung cancer in February. He smoked when he |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Still, it beats the hell out of COPD |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. See, that is just the thing, not necessarily. My grandmother |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I am so very, very sorry. At some point we have got to insist |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Also, please check for radon in your home. |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. and you have to realize |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Meh. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Smokers aren't dumb. They are just addicts. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. But that is just the thing - it might not kill you and odds are, it |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. My cancer came from another organ - it's a mets to the lung. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. But you can't raise money if you use the words lung cancer that's why it's called the American Lung |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. People with this attitude need a swift slap to wake them up. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Antismoking Nazis' will say, Right! You don't have to smoke to get lung cancer. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Not exactly |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Thank you! But I do understand the OP's point, and it is something |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. You know that and I know that. But they will never admit it. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Well, here are some statistics for you: |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. if 60% lc is nonsmokers, how many smokers got lc not from smoking but genetically |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Exactly! I've been smoking cigarettes and Marijuana for well over half a century. My lungs are fine. |
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