Treatment for lung cancer will at best delay the death of the patient, but not cure the patient.
About twenty years ago a chain smoking aunt of mine was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Upon asking her cancer specialist whether she should stop smoking, he replied that she could continue to smoke without worrying about the rapidly approaching conclusion.
It is a tragic reality that in developed nations the leading causes of premature death are Diabetes, Heart disease, and various cancers the result of unhealthy eating habits, smoking, excessive consumption of alcohol and indifference to the benefits of physical activities.
In Third World countries malnutrition is the leading causation of premature death.
With the obesity crisis also contributing to high levels of depression, and hopelessness it might well be argued that self destructive behaviour does not need the assistance of California's law makers.
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