US 103.1 Classic Rock Radio » Lung Cancer http://us103.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Lung Cancer Is Officially No Longer Just a 'Smoker's Disease' — Health Check http://us103.com/lung-cancer-smokers-health-check/ http://us103.com/lung-cancer-smokers-health-check/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:00:37 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=63948 While most cases of lung cancer occur in smokers, nearly 20 percent of cases strike those who’ve never touched a cigarette. When it comes down to the facts, 32,000 nonsmoking Americans die from lung cancer every year — so many that experts say it’s time to stop calling it “the smoker’s disease.”

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