barb tarbox

In September 2002 Barb Tarbox was diagnosed with incurable lung (stage IV) and brain cancer at the age of 41. She smoked two packs of cigarettes a day since the tender age of 11. She smoked for 30 years, totaling a 60 pack-year smoking history. She died May 18, 2003 after speaking to more than 50,000 students about the dangers of smoking. View a fifteen minute video … [Read more...] about Barb Tarbox: A Life Cut Short by Tobacco