Comments on: Lung cancer: still a bad disease http://www.bloggernews.net/15448 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:06:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: susan http://www.bloggernews.net/15448#comment-7198 susan Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:43:27 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/15448#comment-7198 I have read that Ms Seipp was not a smoker, but one article said it in such a way that it might have been that she had not smoked in years, but had smoked in her youth. I would like to know if she did. Both my mother and my mother-in-law died of lung cancer, and both had not smoked for decades, but they both smoked when they were young. I consider this question to be both of interest and of importance. In my experience once you smoke you are at risk, so better not to begin. If Ms Seipp smoked when she was a teen or in her twenties, I think that is important for young people to know. Just stopping is not enough. Not starting is what matters. I know some who never smoked get lung cancer, but if Ms Seipp smoked at all, it should be mentioned in articles about her death. I have read that Ms Seipp was not a smoker, but one article said it in such a way that it might have been that she had not smoked in years, but had smoked in her youth. I would like to know if she did.

Both my mother and my mother-in-law died of lung cancer, and both had not smoked for decades, but they both smoked when they were young.

I consider this question to be both of interest and of importance. In my experience once you smoke you are at risk, so better not to begin. If Ms Seipp smoked when she was a teen or in her twenties, I think that is important for young people to know. Just stopping is not enough. Not starting is what matters.

I know some who never smoked get lung cancer, but if Ms Seipp smoked at all, it should be mentioned in articles about her death.

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