More than a third of smokers who had surgery to remove early stage lung cancer were smoking again within a year, a new study finds.
The study involved patients who were forced to quit smoking for surgery. Many were puffing away within two months of the surgery, and nearly half eventually resumed the habit.
Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
Ellie, my Mom was smoking within six weeks of triple by-pass surgery and her last act was a cup of coffee and a cigarette. I never smoked but have had chronic bronchitis for many years. Today a doctor told me this might be caused more by allergies than weak lungs - that my lungs were, in fact, great! Yahoo!
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