Like the Proverbial Dog Returning To His Own Barf
I read something very disturbing this week, which I may have already suspected, about lung cancer post surgery patients who continue to smoke cigarettes! Estimates are that 50% of patients who have a tumor or partial lung removed take smoking back up as a habit within the year. And folks wonder why we harp on smoking so much in the Church! My main problem with it all is that most of the patients that come into the ER for a visit with some type of health emergency are smokers. Sure, it's job security but is also forcing insurance companies to make a move towards denying coverage to admitted smokers. When I see a person smoking cigarettes these days...I'm looking at a bonafide drug addict.