Dying ex-smoker Maureen Hamilton, is now unrecognizable from her former glamorous self. She said she would be happy for her photograph to be used on cigarette packets in a bid to try and persuade people to quit. At midlife, fifty-seven year old Maureen Hamilton is suffering from deadly emphysema, and is now a bedridden invalid who relies on a ventilator to breathe. … [Read more...] about Maureen Hamilton, Ex Smoker – “Put My Picture on Cigarette Packages”
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Dying from Emphysema
Tobacco has taken its toll on Haines resident Jim Hamp. His wife and mother both died of tobacco-related cancers, and Hamp is dying from emphysema. A longtime charter and commercial fisherman, Hamp, 68, now has to wear a nasal cannula (a plastic hose that pumps oxygen from a tank into his nose) and rarely has the energy to visit is boat. Some days he barely has the energy … [Read more...] about Dying from Emphysema
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