Health Sciences 1002A/B : Movie - second hand smoke .docx
5 May 2012
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Movie: second-hand smoke - tobacco 4/5/2012 8:42:00 am. Heather developed lung cancer from her workplace. She worked to make smoke free environments for other people. Heather had a good lifestyle, but had some lumps on her neck and after a few weeks, she went to the doctor she got a chest x-ray and discovered it was cancer. Heather was dying from workers second hand smoking. After 40 years she was retiring bc of her second hand smoke, and rather than down sizing in home size she is planning her funeral. At the age of 22 she developed her lung cancer, and she is in the third stage cancer (very advanced) she had no symptoms. Smoking is most preventable cause of disease and premature death. Every cigarette a person smokes reduces life by 11 minutes. More than 37 000 people die prematurely each year bc tobacco use.
