Anyone who really knows me. Knows I’m a huge supporter of the ACS. But doesn’t it seem that they advertise about check up and campaigns for all cancers except lung cancer? It’s like they are saying they people who get lung cancer are asking for it because they smoke. Granted this may be true for most patients but what about the people that are diagnosed with lung cancer and have never even touched a cigarette, let alone smoke it? Do they deserve it? Most people would probably say no, but yet I never see anything raising money specifically for lung cancer.
Of course, this will bring me to the smoking bans that government officials are trying to put in place in this area. And I’m sure you’ve guessed I’m all for it. Now, I’m not trying to say that no one should smoke at all. (I dream of the day when they willingly don’t. But don’t ever think it would happen.) I just really believe everyone has a right to control the environment they are in. And that includes being in a smoke-free place while dining and/or socializing.
Unfortunately, the ban has seemed to make people who do smoke believe that the government is trying to hinder their freedom to do as the please to their own bodies. Which really isn’t true, it just making sure the people who don’t smoke still have a choice about their own. As I mentioned before, although most lung cancer patients are probably smokers, there are still a group of them that developed it because of second hand smoke.
My grandfather had lung cancer. Now, I don’t really remember him enough to say whether he smoked or not. And he’s passed a while ago, so it’s not like raising money then would’ve helped cure or save him. But it could’ve helped him and/or save people since them.
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