Lisa O Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 States lung cancer is 100% preventable by quitting smoking... then states that 85% of lung cancers are related to smoking. ??? http://articles.health.msn.com/id/10010 ... 100000000/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 This is the same article I read this morning!!!! I was irate. If you click on feedback at the bottom of the page, you can send them a nasty gram. Lets all do it! gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karma1976 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Jesus H! We should be the reporters, who and where do they get this horrible journalists. Some please write them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O Posted August 10, 2005 Author Share Posted August 10, 2005 Perhaps we should refer them to the great and well researched MSNBC article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 We have to write to that lately. What nerve. And it is a pretty visible article. I have my "home page" set to MSN which I think a lot of comptuers also do. It is one of the top links on that page today!! I am giong to send her a message now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I agree that this was a terrible article. I had to laugh at the symptoms they listed. I'm sure some of these apply to some people but my husband was in an advanced stage at diagnosis and exhibited NONE of these symptoms. Where do these people get off using personal opinion rather than cold hard facts regarding the smoking issue??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDianneB Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I just sent one. Good grief. Di Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay A. Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Help me out here, guys. Isn't the author of this article, Marilyn Lewis, one of those who writes under the auspices of the group who raised such a fuss over the NY Times ad featuring Karen Parles? I hate it that I can't pull all the information from my brain like I once could. I can't even remember the name of the group that published the rebuttal article to the ad. I remember that many from this group wrote to them in response. Wasn't it something ike "ScienceNews"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Can you tell more about her article? gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay A. Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I've just checked out the site...she isn't listed as one of the contributing writers. But her name sets off alarm bells in my head for some reason. I'm not feeling too well today, so it may take me some time to find out more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Fay (((((HUGS))))) gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna G Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 They had an area where you could figure your chance of developing lung cancer. I put to info from when I was diagnosed. It figured if I quit smoking then I had a < 1% chance of developing lung cancer. If I continued smoking I had a 2% chance of developing lung cancer. Well with all that said, for me it was 100% chance for I had lung cancer already! So much for the theory and formula. Donna G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O Posted August 10, 2005 Author Share Posted August 10, 2005 This is what I wrote in the feedback section: I am totally disgusted by your portrayal of Lung Cancer as a 100% preventable disease. It was inaccurate and completely irresponsible. Within the article itself lies a contradiction that 15% of lung cancers occur in never smokers! Further the article implies that if one were to quit today that the risk of lung cancer would vanish! That is simply WRONG! Perhaps the author should do some research. A good start would be the far better article, which is backed by actual research. It was found on MSNBC this morning. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8893051/ This so called "article" was awful. Please don't take this lightly. This kind of rubbish only serves to inhibit research and funding so terribly needed for what you admit is the number one cancer killer. Please don't contribute to the tragedy. There are many people suffering from lung cancer and this ridiculous portrayal of the "stupid smoker" doesn't help anyone. Lung cancer is a cruel disease and your article made a mockery of the whole horrible truth that has been unfolding in the media this week. Lisa Roffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathy Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Thank you Lisa, I read that article this morning and was outraged as well..The 100% preventable part is what got me, unbelievable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osirus226 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 So Im not the only one who wanted to spit fire after I read this. I can't believe someone greenlighted that. I was trying to find how to leave feedback or write to the obviously uneducated (as far as lc goes) author. Does anyone know how to write back? Now all these people are all of a sudden are talking about lung cancer but they are doing it the wrong way. Just contributing to the stigma over and over... When will it end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindseysmom Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Way to go Lisa. Thanks so much for everything you are doing. Best Wishes, Dee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leslie221 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Thanks, Lisa, for calling our attention to this. I left feedback. If enough of us do, maybe they will rethink the approach they've chosen. Leslie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea B. Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I just submitted my comments too...these articles make me so mad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdjenkins Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 My Dad quite smoking 29 years ago and still got lung cancer. We had no idea he was still at risk for developing lung cancer. We were completely shocked when he was dx. with NSCL Stage IV in Oct. of 2004. Even people who quite smoking many years ago need to be screened. This article is terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O Posted August 10, 2005 Author Share Posted August 10, 2005 AOL is now running the accurate MSNBC story. Good for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geri Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I added my two cents worth, which by their standards are probably worth less than a penny. Geri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Thank you Lisa. Your reply was well-written, thoughtful and forceful without being unreasonable. elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaB Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Lisa, Thanks again for all your activism . I also sent some feedback on this article. Donna B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Thank you for bringing such sub-standard journalism to our attention. I just spent the last half-hour crafting and sending my 2 cents' worth. ARGGHHH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunny Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 so scary. my personal favorite? "Chest x-rays are useless." guess how they found suki's LC? a pre-op chest x-ray. jeez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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