Lung Cancer; A Disease That Traps Both Smokers And Non-Smokers

By Mark Jacob

Nothing to Be Ashamed
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“Everyone deserves healthcare without judgment. Very few other diseases carry the stigma that lung cancer does. Lung cancer patients get asked all the time whether they smoked. But it’s been turned around to target the patient,” tells Antonoff. Many times patients are not comfortable in sharing their smoking past and some don’t even quit after the diagnosis.