"It's terrible. Just last Monday, I had a patient born in 1969 with diagnosed advanced lung cancer. She has two daughters, one six, the other 16 years old, and lives with them separated from her husband," said Viennese lung cancer specialist Robert Pirker (MedUni Vienna/General Hospital), describing one of his almost daily experiences in oncology. Six million tobacco deaths per year "Six million people currently die worldwide every year from tobacco consumption. In 2030, there will be around eight million deaths," Pirker said. Lung cancer is the most dangerous type of cancer worldwide. Every year, 1.8 million new diagnoses are made worldwide. 1.6 million people die from the disease. The numb... [Read more]