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In May of 2000, about four weeks before our wedding day, my wife's father was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. Two weeks before our wedding day, my father-in-law had a cancerous brain tumor removed. In January of 2002, my father-in-law died of lung cancer. Though he had quit smoking in 1994, his 40+ years of smoking had caught up with him. In 2004, my wife and I had our first of two children who will never know their grandfather. He was a 67 year old loving father of seven and grandfather of 15, who is very missed by all. The pain of losing him from the family will never be fully healed knowing that his premature death could have been avoided. Reducing smoking and exposure to smoke is one of the most important personal/public health improvement efforts we can all engage in. |
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