Now, I'd be the first to admit that I read the news stories in a  
hurry these days as I'm so busy, but I don't recall reading that she  
was exposed to a lot of second-hand smoke.  I do know that there has  
been a significant number of lung cancers found in relatively young  
people who have never smoked in their lives, nor have been exposed to  
smoke.  They could have a genetic predisposition towards getting  
these types of lung cancers.

I also vaguely recall reading that these types of cancer cells are  
different from the types of lung cancer cells found in the lungs of  
heavy smokers.  Perhaps Meir could enlighten us on this?

Kat


On 11 Mar 2006, at 16:14, Magenta Raine wrote:

> This made me so sad. The next time anybody says you can't get  
> cancer from
> second hand smoke,  remind them of this lovely lady...
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