Man hopes anti-tobacco message resonates with youth
Rick Bender’s message to area students was clear: learn from his mistakes.
Bender began chewing tobacco at 12. By 26, he was diagnosed with cancer, which claimed a third of his tongue, half his jaw and left Bender with limited use of his right arm.
Bender, 47, told his story to freshmen at Piedra Vista High School Wednesday in an effort to help students learn from his mistakes. He also spoke at Hermosa Middle School and Navajo Preparatory School.
The research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2010.
A pub landlord in England who failed to pay fines for deliberately flouting smoking ban laws was jailed yesterday.
Harvard Medical School’s Healthbeat reports: