Word: emphysema
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...leverage to get the regulatory measures that failed in Congress, and also get in a slap at the Republicans for killing that bill." Indeed, a jury might find it hard to see the U.S. government as the victim. The generation that is these days dying of lung cancer and emphysema is the same one that went off to World War II with Luckies and Camels enthusiastically included by Uncle Sam in Red Cross packages. But this case seems meant for the negotiating table, not the courtroom. It?s a lawsuit that two years ago Justice didn?t think it could...
...missed the cigar's rebounding popularity, there are plenty of cigar magazines, cigar dinners and cigar charity auctions to remind you. What they don't emphasize--but what doctors have known for a while--is that smoking cigars on a regular basis significantly increases your risk of developing emphysema as well as cancers of the lung, lip, throat and esophagus. Last week the New England Journal of Medicine added to that grim list, reporting that cigar smoking also boosts your risk of heart disease...
...grew, Wilson became its principal symbol. He helped create a governing structure for the program, the General Service Board, and turned over his power. "I have become a pupil of the A.A. movement rather than the teacher," he wrote. A smoker into his 70s, he died of pneumonia and emphysema in Miami, where he went for treatment in 1971. To the end, he clung to the principles and the power of anonymity. He was always Bill W., refusing to take money for counseling and leadership. He turned down many honors, including a degree from Yale. And he declined this magazine...
DIED. RORY CALHOUN, 76, rugged film and TV heartthrob; of complications from diabetes and emphysema; in Burbank, Calif. While horseback riding in the Hollywood Hills in 1943, Calhoun, then a laborer named Francis Durgin, was approached by Alan Ladd, who suggested a career in show business. Calhoun was best known for his roles in westerns and as Big Bill Longley, a good guy on the late '50s cbs drama The Texan...
That's not to say kids who have the smoking habit shouldn't try to quit as soon as they can. After all, there are plenty of other tobacco-related diseases--for example, heart disease, stroke and emphysema--that only get worse the longer you smoke...