Page 3 of 4   <       >

Your Views

Discussion Policy
Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.

Orlando

I lost my mother to lung cancer six years ago. She was very angry at herself for ever smoking, even though she quit more than 15 years before she was diagnosed.

As it turned out, four of her seven sisters developed lung cancer, and her older sister never smoked. I remember that a nurse at a New York hospital where Mom underwent chemotherapy told her that she should never have smoked. My mom didn't deserve to feel guilt in addition to her pain.

Laura C. DeLellis

Fairfax Station

The survivors of lung cancer usually focus on the tobacco companies, suing them for millions of dollars and many times getting jury awards in the tens of millions of dollars.


<          3        >


© 2008 The Washington Post Company