i too was moved by swayze's interview. you can see the toll it has taken on him, yet his eyes still show he is very much alive ... i wish them the best and for as long as possible.

i think when someone has a treatable cancer and they still continue to smoke, then they are T Totally stupid - plain and simple. They are putting the nails in their own coffin when they have a chance to prolong life and with quality too ... but if some is in last stages when it is found and doc says this is it ... then I can understand someone holding on to their habits as this will be their coping mechanism and chances are stopping will not change anything....

of course family members will have a hard time with it because they are not living the reality in the same manner as the patient and they think in the terms of IF ONLY and MAYBE IF ... but the patient is the one who feels the need to have the vise to make it thru the mental part of the trip they are on ... so i can see why they do it, even if not good. Quitting is hard when healthy - think of trying when they tell you, you have 6-12 months to live ... that would be tough and you would think WHY QUIT NOW ?>??