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Sarah Brady has lung cancer and remains addicted to cigarettes
NBC News ^ | November 27, 2001 | Tom Brokaw

Posted on 11/27/2001 2:48:40 PM PST by Amore

NBC News is reporting that Sarah Brady has lung cancer because of her addiction to cigarettes. She earlier switched to low tar cigarettes on the theory they would be "healthier" but got lung cancer anyway.


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To: Amore
I have always advocated flame locks on lighters and matches to prevent accidental lighting of cigarettes. Where is Chuck Schumer when you really need him!!!?
121 posted on 11/27/2001 5:21:49 PM PST by Doc Savage
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To: sakic
From Nat Hentoff's latest column:

Nat Hentoff is a disgusting filthy lover of palistine. He's no friend of civilization and no friend of the war on terrorism. Is this where you get your ideas from? No wonder you're a Sarah Brady sycophant. This comes from the PRE 9/11 writings of this traitor to america:

Palestinians have legitimate grievances. Both in Israel and the United States, I have interviewed Palestinians who have detailed severe abuses by Israeli authorities -- not only the torture of prisoners but also collective punishment by the Israeli government, destroying homes and evicting families. For years I have supported the Peace Now movement by Israelis, and the creation of an independent Palestinian state. In these months of mutual acts of violence, however, there has been a distinct difference in the reactions of many -- not all -- Palestinians to the loss of lives, as contrasted with the attitudes of most Israelis.

Link to Hentoff's Dribble

122 posted on 11/27/2001 5:22:56 PM PST by VA Advogado
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To: Amore
one would have to say either that smokers are idiots or that smoking is addictive. I believe it's the latter.

Why do you say that? Could there not be a third possibility? That smokers simply enjoy their habit and dig in their heels when others try to tell them what to do? I believe it's the latter, in fact, I'm sure of it.

123 posted on 11/27/2001 5:24:06 PM PST by Max McGarrity
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To: Amore
Brokaw deems this as National news?
124 posted on 11/27/2001 5:25:38 PM PST by jungleboy
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To: Amore
I buried my father-in-law at 53. His drinking habits brought him diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver. His smoking habits brought him emphysema and congestive heart failure. He was happy to switch between a can of beer, a cigarette and his oxygen...until the day he died. His first episode with congestive heart failure occurred when he was conscious. His wife (second marriage) took him to the hospital where two days of treatment put him back on his feet. The second time he decided to take a nap after breakfast...and died in his sleep.

One of my dad's college buddies served in WWII. He had a Jap bullet lodged in his elbow. He was also a chain smoker. He noticed a pain in his lung one day. On examination, the pain turned out to be a tumor of the chest wall inside the lung cavity. Every breath caused the lung to rub against the tumor. He said it hurt far worse than the Jap bullet ever did. His diagnosis came at the end of August. His funeral was the first week in November. It was a very miserable 60 days in between.

125 posted on 11/27/2001 5:25:48 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Palladin
Best comment so far, Palladin.

Her private life must have been very difficult and even worse now, which is probably why she remains so addicted to smoking--I've always felt that many inveterate smokers continue to smoke because they are anxious or depressed, and find in tobacco a means of self-medicating their depression (not that the smoker realizes this).

I quit tobacco years ago--but I don't blame anyone for being unable to quit.

126 posted on 11/27/2001 5:27:21 PM PST by Age of Reason
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To: Lazamataz
if *i* can control it...than you can...

please lazamataz, help me. my head is about to burst. you gotta talk me down from this...

127 posted on 11/27/2001 5:27:26 PM PST by mlocher
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To: lowbridge
Did she take the trouble to register each pack of cancerettes? I mean , they are fatal and she will be as dead as if she had used a pistol.
128 posted on 11/27/2001 5:30:28 PM PST by Paulus Invictus
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To: Max McGarrity
Why do you say that? Could there not be a third possibility? That smokers simply enjoy their habit and dig in their heels when others try to tell them what to do? I believe it's the latter, in fact, I'm sure of it.

Here here.
And why not. The government has no right to punish the makers of legal products and the buyers of those products.
I am tired of everyone having to pay for others choices.
129 posted on 11/27/2001 5:30:31 PM PST by NATE4"ONE NATION"
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To: sakic
when w and ashcroft face death, i wonder if they will rethink their assault on american freedom

seems to me that w and possibly ashcroft did face death on 9/11

130 posted on 11/27/2001 5:30:53 PM PST by mlocher
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To: Max McGarrity
Well, good for you to be so sure. The smokers I know and have known have tried to quit, repeatedly. My late father was one of those. You might as well say, and undoubtedly do, that drug addicts "enjoy" their habit. Relieving an addiction by giving in to it does result in a pleasurable sensation, but I would not say that those people "enjoy" their addiction.
131 posted on 11/27/2001 5:32:11 PM PST by Amore
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To: Howlin
Ewwwwwwww.........must you be so literal?
132 posted on 11/27/2001 5:32:57 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: lowbridge
Lung cancer is like a bullet in the head - almost always fatal.
133 posted on 11/27/2001 5:33:10 PM PST by hgro
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To: Amore
I'm really trying not to say anything really mean.

I think this is a learning opportunity.

Sarah thought those cigs were ok because they were labeled, "Lite".

I would reccommend that all ammo producers start marking their ammo as 'Lite', and 'fat free'.

Mark on the side of every handgun, 'low tar'.

No more problems with the gun grabbers.

134 posted on 11/27/2001 5:33:56 PM PST by TC Rider
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To: Henrietta
guess it's time to ban cigs...

or institute a law requiring a 72 hour wait after payment to check out one's background before the cigs are made available.

135 posted on 11/27/2001 5:35:45 PM PST by mlocher
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To: truthkeeper
I'm sure this was discussed here at least a year ago. Is there a new angle to the story? I wonder why it's out again.

Because the anti-smokers have geared up to shove their prohibition of smoking down the throats of anyone whose attention has been diverted to America at war. Because Pristine Christine Whitman has dedicated $1.5 million to campaign against smokers in their own homes. Because antis are told if there's no "new" news, to recycle and repackage "old" news to keep the public's attention on the dastardly smoker in order to further their agenda.

136 posted on 11/27/2001 5:39:20 PM PST by Max McGarrity
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To: Age of Reason
Her private life must have been very difficult and even worse now, which is probably why she remains so addicted to smoking--I've always felt that many inveterate smokers continue to smoke because they are anxious or depressed, and find in tobacco a means of self-medicating their depression (not that the smoker realizes this). I quit tobacco years ago--but I don't blame anyone for being unable to quit.

I agree. I used to have a lot of anger at my father and mother for their smoking. I thought it was such a stupid, idiotic thing to do. Now, I'm older and wiser and understand a little better what is going on.

137 posted on 11/27/2001 5:40:09 PM PST by Amore
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To: Amore
LOL. Love it!
138 posted on 11/27/2001 5:40:51 PM PST by Max McGarrity
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To: mlocher
seems to me that w and possibly ashcroft did face death on 9/11

Maybe on some other planet but not on Earth.

139 posted on 11/27/2001 5:42:52 PM PST by sakic
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To: VA Advogado
"NAMMARINE" is one of the shills who comes out to call people names when we doubt we are being told the truth about flight 587, etc. Claims to work on airplanes, with Airbus engineers. Let's see if he has a "Big Tobacco is Evil" firsthand story, too.
140 posted on 11/27/2001 5:43:00 PM PST by eno_
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