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Date:11/19/2007

lung health and is thrilled to be partnering with the Karmanos Cancer Institute to present the BREATHE Lung Cancer Medical and Advocacy Conference," said Tracy Ross, CEO, American Lung Association of the Midland States. "As a part of this commitment, we fully support legislation that would make all workplaces in Michigan, including bars and restaurants, smokefree. We encourage all of Michigan's citizens to contact their lawmakers and urge them to pass House Bill 4163, which would give us the clean, indoor air we deserve."

Detroit businessman Thomas Angott, Sr., of West Bloomfield, Michigan, is an 18 year lung cancer survivor. The former Detroit Fire Commissioner was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer, a very aggressive cancer, in 1989. He was 63 years of age at the time and hadn't smoked a cigarette in over 20 years.

"I was a heavy smoker for about 35 years," said Tom. "I remember the day I quit. It was during the 1967 Detroit riots. I was Detroit Fire Commissioner at the time. I was standing on 12th Street exhausted from fighting the fires and angry, looking out at our burning city. I went to light a cigarette and it hit me. At that moment I realized the destruction of the fire and smoke and threw the cigarette down. I never smoked again. Little did I know that 22 years later I would be battling lung cancer."

When Tom was diagnosed in 1989, he had already lost his father to pancreatic cancer and lost his first wife to colon cancer. His wife Nancy, a nurse, convinced him to go to the doctor to check on his cough. He was on the board of the Michigan Cancer Foundation at the time, now known as the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, and reached out to seek the help of the cancer experts there. When the diagnosis of stage III small-cell lung cancer came he knew it wasn't good. He had surgery to remove a lung and went through a strenuous regiment of chemotherapy and radiation over a period of time.

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