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1. Peter Jennings contracted lung cancer 20 years after he quit smoking...

Fri May 18, 2012, 08:22 AM

May 2012

It's hard to say if her cancer was from her past smoking or if it was due to 9/11. It could also be that she contracted it from 2nd hand smoke.

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Just heard on Tom Joyner: Donna Summer quit smoking a very long time ago [View all] CatWoman May 2012 OP

Agreed lukkadairish May 2012 #3

Thank God Dad quit smoking at age 80, or safeinOhio May 2012 #4

My dad died of lung cancer more than 30 years after he quit aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #5

The polluted air didn't just sit there over the site HockeyMom May 2012 #2