Tobacco use kills an estimated 480,000 people in the U.S
But tobacco makers were forced to admit to deliberately making cigarettes more addictive in an ad campaign that is currently running
Yankees): lung cancer Wayne McLaren , 51, "Marlboro Cowboy": lung cancer Robert Shaw, 51, actor (Jaws): heart attack Rod Serling , 51, director (Twilight Zone) heavy smoker: heart disease Carl Wilson, 51, musician (Beach Boys): lung cancer Lloyd Haynes, 52, TV actor (General Hospital): lung cancer Eddie Kendrick, 52, singer (Temptations): lung cancer Roy Orbison, 52, singer ("Pretty Woman"): heart attack Kidd Kraddick , 53, national morning radio host: heart attack Jimmy Dorsey, 53, musician, band leader: lung cancer Jerry Garcia, 53, musician (Grateful Dead): heart attack Lindley ("Spike") Jones, 53, band leader: emphysema Benjamin Orr, 53, musician (The Cars): pancreatic cancer Babe Ruth , 53, baseball player: oral cancer William Talman , 53, actor (Perry Mason's adversary): lung cancer Jack Wild, 53, actor (Artful Dodger in Oliver): mouth cancer Tony Gwynn , 54, Hall of Fame Padres baseball player: oral cancer Mark Belanger, 54, baseball shortstop Orioles: lung cancer Michael Landon, 54, actor - heavy smoker: pancreas and liver cancer Robert Palmer, 54, singer/songwriter - heavy smoker: heart attack Larry Gilbert, 55, PGA golfer: lung cancer Susan Hayward, 55, actress: lung cancer Lee Remick, 55, actress: lung and liver cancer Ian Fleming, 56, James Bond creator: heart attack King George VI, 56, Father of Queen Elizabeth II: lung cancer Betty Grable, 56, "pin-up" girl, actress: lung cancer Doug McLure, 56, TV actor (The Virginian): lung cancer Roger Miller, 56, singer/songwriter: lung/throat cancer Eddie Rabbitt, 56, singer/song writer: lung cancer Patrick Swayze, 57, actor ("Dirty Dancing" "Ghost"): pancreatic cancer Patrick Swayze, Smoker, Dead at 57 Patrick Swayze, star of "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost" died on September 14, 2009, after a two year battle with pancreatic cancer
The program works with people who have been referred by physicians, specialty clinics or those who want help for themselves or family members
Its hard to imagine that itll be the problem for underage smokers at thirty-four, or sixty-four
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