Drugs and the immune system.

Vibrant Life | September 1, 1995| | Copyright

My father practiced medicine in Los Angeles for 65 years, retiring when he was more than 91. He always advised smoking patients to quit--decades before any surgeon general's warnings appeared on cigarette packs.

He told of one likable furniture salesman: "Whenever I advised him to quit smoking, he would smile at me and then light up as soon as he got outside the office. Finally he came in with a cough he couldn't get rid of. The first X-ray showed a growth in the right lung; sputum examination revealed cancer cells in abundance. A month before he passed away he said ...

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