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Paul Newman dies of lung cancer

Posted on September 30, 2008

The world mourns the loss of Paul Newman, a great actor, philanthropist and humanitarian. He was the embodiment of the Yiddish word mensch, meaning a person of great character, integrity and honor. And while it has been widely reported that his death was due to lung cancer and that he was, formerly, a heavy smoker, whether his lung cancer was caused by smoking is unknown. What is known is that smoking greatly increases one s risk of lung cancer. But what s also known is that up to 15 percent of lung cancer deaths occur in people who have never smoked. Moreover, lung cancer in nev...

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