[Mamzelle]

Up until the past ten-twenty years, there were lots and lots of smokers out there. And they got lung cancer.

What if they had never smoked in the first place?

A hypothesis--smoking has provided a scapegoat for a lot of lung cancers that would have happened anyway.

Every time there's a breakthrough in cancer treatments, there should be an expected uptick later in heart disease or another killer. Maybe that person who escaped cancer got heart disease a few years later. Should we be alarmed at the sudden "increase" of heart disease, or even blame the cancer treatment for heart disease?

The trouble with stats--it's so hard to see what they reveal for what they conceal.

[newzjunkey]

Prayers and condolences to the young son left behind.

[Woman on Caroline Street]

bump for when I can read with chocolate nearby...very sad

[FayeFaye]

I am new to this site, but was surfing the web to find out more on Dana Reeves' passing and found this. I just wanted to say how sad I feel for the loss of such a wonderful person. Recently I wrote a quote down in my journal that I heard her say. It was "Instead of crying for what you've lost.....Smile for what you had." Wouldn't it be wonderful if we all had this kind of attitude as we face our own life struggles. The bible says "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord" I believe she is.

[fieldmarshaldj]

May she rest in peace. Prayers for her young son.

[Search4Truth]

How tragic. God rest their souls. Condolences to the bereaved.

[Proud2BAmerican]

So sad - esp. b/c of the son who has to see both his parents die at such a young age (him and them).

The bits of news coverage I've caught on cable news has been a little irritating -- seems like they're all trying to capitalize on the Reeves' family tragedy to champion their cause for embryonic stem-cell research.

[MeekMom]

Very sad to hear this today.

[Rockitz]

That's a lot of stress to live through. Looks like it eventually got her. God bless her and those who loved her.

[R.W.Ratikal]

The beautiful Mrs Reeves died very young. She never smoked. According to reports more women are dying of lung cancer who never smoked than ever before.

Even though statistics show that fewer than 3 in 10 people smoke today versus 9 out of 10 fifty years ago, smoking related diseases have increased significantly even adjusting for population growth.

Could it be that the anti-cigarette warriors are wrong? Is it possible to explain why the incidents of death from lung cancer, heart disease, circulatory diseases etc., is more numerous now than when almost everybody smoked? Should we all take up smoking to protect ourselves from dying of lung cancer? Do we owe Joe Camel an apology?

[R.W.Ratikal]

The beautiful Mrs Reeves died very young. She never smoked. According to reports more women are dying of lung cancer who never smoked than ever before.

Even though statistics show that fewer than 3 in 10 people smoke today versus 9 out of 10 fifty years ago, smoking related diseases have increased significantly even adjusting for population growth.

Could it be that the anti-cigarette warriors are wrong? Is it possible to explain why the incidents of death from lung cancer, heart disease, circulatory diseases etc., is more numerous now than when almost everybody smoked? Should we all take up smoking to protect ourselves from dying of lung cancer? Do we owe Joe Camel an apology?

[R.W.Ratikal]

The beautiful Mrs Reeves died very young. She never smoked. According to reports more women are dying of lung cancer who never smoked than ever before.

Even though statistics show that fewer than 3 in 10 people smoke today versus 9 out of 10 fifty years ago, smoking related diseases have increased significantly even adjusting for population growth.

Could it be that the anti-cigarette warriors are wrong? Is it possible to explain why the incidents of death from lung cancer, heart disease, circulatory diseases etc., is more numerous now than when almost everybody smoked? Should we all take up smoking to protect ourselves from dying of lung cancer? Do we owe Joe Camel an apology?