Lung Cancer Patients Get Blamed for Their Disease
Survey finds nearly two-thirds of Americans believe so, even though most victims don't smoke at diagnosis
Posted November 14, 2008
Only 64 percent of those surveyed had heard of COPD, and among those who knew of it, only 44 percent were aware of it as a leading cause of death. But those numbers were an improvement of results in a 2004 survey, when only 49 percent of those questioned said they were aware of COPD.
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There's more on lung cancer at the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
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