Lung Cancer's Hidden Victims: Those Who Never Smoked

All of these research advances will depend on much better funding, however. In the meantime, the stigma of smoking that overshadows never-smokers newly diagnosed with lung cancer continues.

"We hear a lot from people that the first thing they are asked after diagnosis is, 'Did you smoke?'" said Kawadler. "That's very tough."

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Find out more about ongoing efforts to fight lung cancer at theLung Cancer Research Foundation.

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