Jill Feldman, Lung Cancer Patient and Advocate, Co-Founder of EGFR Resisters, shared a post on X:
“If you read one thing this week, read today’s The New York Times piece by Simar Bajaj. It names a truth people with lung cancer live with every single day.
This well-written article makes it clear that stigma doesn’t just hurt people emotionally; it is a life or death barrier. People delay diagnosis, care, and support because they’re afraid of being judged.
Lung cancer is not a morality story. And nicotine addiction isn’t a bad habit or personal failure – It’s a disease and should be treated that way, with compassion and evidence-based care, not judgment.
Thank you, Jim Pantelas, for always being so open and honest. And thank you, Carter Bawam, Jamie L. Studts, Narjust Florez, and others, for continuing to remind people of the most basic truth: no one ‘earns’ this disease and no one ‘deserves’ it!
Please help change the conversation and shift the narrative from shame and blame to hope and humanity.”
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