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Even after cancer scare, temptation to smoke is too much
by Will - December 11, 2006 - 9:55 AM

A new study finds that even after having surgery to remove early stage lung cancer, almost half of those who smoked before surgery eventually start smoking again. A third of those patients resumed smoking within a year of the surgery.

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  1. Yikes! That is a scary addiction.

    I can just see the recovered cancer survivor thinking, “Lets see, Smoking or death? What should I do?”

    Glad that I listened to those cheesy ‘Be smart, don’t start’ ads.

    posted by n2y2 on 12-11-2006 at 10:42 am

  2. That’s just sad. My sister who is a nursing student told me she’s seen people who are on oxygen that light their tanks on fire and burn themselves pretty badly because they can’t stop smoking. I’m with n2y2-I’m glad I never started.

    posted by Janel on 12-11-2006 at 1:22 pm

  3. I’ve heard stories about an old man who works in the office building in which my museum is housed. He smoked 5 packs a day and got lung cancer. He upped it to 6 packs cause he couldn’t handle the stress of having cancer.

    posted by Amanda on 12-12-2006 at 11:37 am

  4. My friend’s dad was on the gurney in a hospital corridor waiting to be rolled into the operating room to have one of his lungs removed. He begged my friend to scoot him outside for a quick smoke prior to surgery.

    posted by Kara on 12-12-2006 at 2:54 pm

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