Watch this collaborative discussion between Dr. Nasser Hanna, a professor of medicine at Indiana University Health, and Dr. Carolyn Dresler, a retired thoracic surgical oncologist and ASH Volunteer, highlighting their robust knowledge of and insights on the importance of smoking cessation to reduce the incidence of lung cancer. Click here
The 1st loved one I lost to smoking and cancer was my Paternal Grandpa. I was just one month shy of my 5th birthday…much too young to lose anyone (not that any age is good). I was involved in his care in visiting him daily, sit with him, sing/dance for
I watched Mom die from smoking-induced lung cancer. I wrote the piece because I want folks to know that even smoking only a few cigarettes a day can be fatal. You smoke. Oh, not a lot. Seven, maybe 8 a day. Mom was like that. If necessary, you can go
Over the last five decades, the tobacco industry has engineered cigarettes to be more addictive — and has also made them more dangerous. Smokers suffer from higher risk of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) todaycompared to 1964, when the very first Surgeon General’s report on cigarettes was
