1 out of 10 cancer survivors continue to smoke: study

By News Staff

Posted August 6, 2014 2:45 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

As CNN correspondent Holly Firfer reports, according to a new study, almost one out of 10 cancer survivors continue to smoke.

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