This policy is about 18 years old and recently an agent was out to update the policy and i am not sure any changes were made as it would have been very apparent that this person smokes now. Since then they found out they are dying of lung cancer should they notify the agent that they are a smoker even though they are already dying? There is no current dec page stating if that was changed or not. Can the policy be voided?
Medical websites list the many ways to get lung cancer and many will state that doctors cannot say for certain where the cancer came from.
What I mean by "we" is that often when the subject a non-smoker dying of lung cancer comes up, its followed with sentiments such as "…and thats why we gotta get smoking banded in saloons." Not that smoking is "good for you," but this is usually the first reaction, and not something like "…thats why Los Angeles is dangerous, there’s too much smog and pollution."
So Christopher Reeve’s wife was stuck in rooms with second hand smoke for too much time of her life??? It must not have anything to do with the environment, which we are all to blame for? Its because of smokers?
I know that in general that smoking gives you lung cancer, but what I’m wondering is if it is the smoke itself, or what is in the smoke that causes the cancer? Lets say that someone stood next to a wood burning fire and inhaled the smoke from it for the exact same amount of time over a 40 year period as a half a pack per day smoker. Would the person inhaling the campfire smoke have a large chance at getting lung cancer too?
I have been a hard core smoker for 23 years and am trying to stop smokeing cigerettes . Cancer and diabetes run in my family and I am concerned for my health because for a while I have been having signs of lung cancer , I looked up the symptoms and alot of them fit me . I am beginning to get really scared about this and need to find out what is wrong with me and if it is actually what I suspect and am afraid of I am only 33 years old and shouldn’t be feeling so fatigued and sick
like I am . Can someone tell me where I can go to get tested for cancer /lung cancer here in Los Angeles or california Thanks Robin Gist in Los Angeles.
I know the longer you smoke the greater your risk but in theory is it possible?
I’ve been worrying about this excessively for the last two weeks for various reasons and its gotten to the stage where I’ve convinced myself in my mind that EVERY smoker will get lung cancer.
Also, how long after being around a heavy smoker does it take for lung cancer to develop? (my 14 year old friend lives with his grandma, a smoker who refuses to quit… but he doesn’t smoke himself. even so i am a bit worried)
There is a family friend that has stage 4 liver cancer and after a recent scan they have found spots on her lung. She is curently undergoing chemo therapy weekly but the symptoms of the lung cancer is what is alling her. She is short of breathe, fever, cough. Right now we are more interested in cureing the symptoms than the cancer. Is there any treatment out there that would help with the symtoms?
If are in the medical industry or have been through this please make sure to tell me in your answer.
Also she has never been a drinker or smoker.
If you’re a smoker who’s still looking for a New Year’s Resolution, this might help you make up your mind. The National Cancer Institute says lung cancer remains the number one cancer killer in the United States, and smoking caused nearly 90% of lung cancer deaths all year.
A stigma on lung cancer may have led to less funding per death than breast cancer. But, as Russ Mitchell reports, non-smokers and former smokers are still at risk.