Jury awards $5.5 million in asbestos lawsuit
Pantagraph - The lawsuit, filed in summer 2004, alleged John Hoogerwerf was exposed to asbestos without warnings of its dangers and it caused lung cancer. He fought cancer for a little more than a year before his death on July 17, 2002. The suit accused numerous
Smoking Ban: Everything you always wanted to know about this red-hot
Abilene Reporter-News - Increases risk of heart disease by 25 percent to 30 percent. Increases risk of lung cancer by 20 percent to 30 percent. Is a known cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), respiratory problems, ear infections, and asthma attacks in infants
Lung cancer survivor urges no vote on Issue 4
Marion Star - As a lung cancer survivor of three years, I urge everyone to vote no on Issue 4 and yes on 5 this Nov. 7. We need to do everything we can to stop the spread of cancer through secondhand smoke. This is one way your vote an make a difference to
PCC Notes: Pitt students educate public during National Respiratory
Daily Reflector - To emphasize the dangers of smoking, three sets of lungs were displayed showing lung cancer and the damage done by cigarette smoke. “There were also people discarding packages of cigarettes while exiting because they were disgusted at what they were
Losing Siblings Is No Fun
Post-Journal - Here I am, hopefully winning my fight with lung cancer, never having smoked. Tory came here along with my older sister, Josie, and worked hard for me in my 1980 Congressional campaign. Tory had a special way about her which helped her to connect with
Richard Gilman, 83; influential theater critic and longtime Yale drama
Los Angeles Times - Richard Gilman, an eloquent and exacting theater critic who helped sharpen America’s definition of modern drama, died at his home in Kusatsu, Japan, Oct. 28. He was 83. He had been battling illness since being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in
Smoking or Non-Smoking?
WBNS 10TV Columbus - My dad died of lung cancer,” Weisneraur said. “That secondhand smoke is not good for the kids.” Here’s the tricky part of issues four and five. If they both pass, four overrules five because four is a constitutional amendment. If that happens, it means