Shared Stories

Donna F. My husband, Mo, was very fortunate that seven years ago his primary care doctor was aware of the screening for lung cancer for high-risk individuals.

G G. Approximately six years ago our next door neighbors built an outdoor fireplace with a chimney only 12' high.

Madison C. I was one of the millions of adolescents that big tobacco companies successfully got hooked on nicotine.

Amy B. This will be my 6th year participating in this amazing event. 

James L. Life changed for me in the summer of June 2018. It was a typical Saturday for a personal trainer; I instructed a bootcamp class, a boxing class and then decided to get my personal workout in which consisted of a few rounds of sparring. 

Skyler S. My story is about asthma. When I lived in Washington, I used to get frequent asthma attacks, most often from running or playing too hard, or extreme cold.

Karla S. Karla was born as a twin in El Salvador in 1989.

Mary Beth T. This is a message for former smokers who think, like I did all these years, that you beat lung cancer by quitting their nicotine habit.

Jake P. When I was 15 I started using vape and thc vapor products, around a year later I was noticing a terrible cough which would wake my family up every morning.

Katie M. I was diagnosed with allergy-induced asthma when I was 8 years old and have suffered symptoms for as long as I can remember.

Steven B. My permanent residence is in Bonita Springs. Before Hurricane Ian, it was a popular destination across the street from the Gulf. 

William S. I quit smoking in May 2018 and started getting yearly lung cancer screening scans in November 2018; they never showed any problems with my lungs.

Kay D. I find it hard to believe that complacency has won out. I have lived in NM for 22 years. The biggest problem is that polluted air from Las Cruces and El Paso blow are way.

R B. I’ve had asthma as a child. I’ve lived in small “towns” which by the most recent census rules are our ally urban areas most of my life except for a few years in elementary in the late 80s and early 90s when we lived in round rock and Austin, TX.

Debbie S. I was born in 1948 in St Louis, Missouri. I was the fourth child out of 11, nine girls and two boys. Both our parents smoked so all of us we exposed to secondhand smoke from infancy. We also all grew up to become smokers.