 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Smoking link worsens pain of lung cancer patients.(News)
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Byline: By Mike Jones
Lung cancer victims suffer high levels of 'stigma, shame and blame' because their illness is automatically linked with smoking, researchers said today.
A study of patients with lung cancer found that many were suffering socially and financially because of how they had been made to feel about their illness and not wanting to talk to people about it.
Researchers, writing in bmj.com, said campaigns to encourage people to quit and stop young people taking up the habit ...
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