Last year we learned the shocking and very sad news that actress Christina Applegate was diagnosed with breast cancer and, because of early detection, was able to become “100% cancer free” after making the difficult decision to undergo a double mastectomy to rid her body completely of the disease. This week, tho, new photos have surfaced of Applegate smoking a cigarette just months after successfully enduring her first cancer scare … which makes absolutely NO SENSE to me at all:
Why IN THE WORLD would anyone who has endured something as life-changing as a double mastectomy in order to rid their body of breast cancer want to tempt fate by smoking cigarettes and risk getting throat cancer? It just seems extremely dangerous and foolhardy to take up a smoking habit in the wake of a successful defeat of cancer. Obvs, it is her life and she is free to do as she pleases but I can’t help but wonder what it may feel like should she ever find out that she is sick again. Why take the chance? I’m really dumbfounded … but I do wish her well and continued health.
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“Heh. You can always tell who the non-smokers are, by the way they have ABSOLUTELY NO UNDERSTANDING or sympathy as to why people smoke.”
Actually that’s not true. I am a non-smoker, I don’t like smoking at all and I find it very upsetting when smokers smoker around other people and children with no thought of common courtesy. But I have been addicted to substances before- pills, in my case, and an addiction is an addiction. It doesn’t matter if it’s sex, food, pills, or cigarettes. And like many people who smoke for fun or to relax, I popped pills for fun and really didn’t care about the consequences of my actions.
I kicked my addition and it’s really ridiculous when smokers whine about how hard it is to give up their habit. It IS difficult, but it’s not impossible. Quit making excuses. If you want to smoke, fine, but stop acting like you’re in a minority. You’re not. Almost everyone has some sort of vice.
As for Christina, she’s in the public eye and she has been toted a “survivor” who takes her healh seriously and is an inspiration to other women. But when she is seen smoking, it doesn’t look like she takes her health seriously after all. If she wants to smoke, it IS her choice. But you cannot expect people to not comment on this and maybe feel a little disappointed that someone they look up to isn’t who they thought they were.
We are all going to die of something, one day or another.
So shut up and just let the girl live, how she wants to live.
Drinking alcohol is linked to stomach, intestinal and colon cancer. Remember your hangover last week? Why take the chance???
I am a breast cancer survivor, who NEVER smoked.
I was HAPPY for her when I read her breast cancer was in it’s early stages. Ask those of us who went through CHEMO and RADIATION if we would ever want to go through any of it again. Had she looked into a mirror and not even recognize herself and her beauty, she might have a different attitude now. I adore her, I am happy for her, but this not a message she wants to put out there. PLEASE stop smoking!
I would rather see her suck on something else!
Addiction sucks man! Even if she beat out breast cancer, the carcinogens she is taking in could possible bring it back. Doesn’t just cause throat cancer. Any harmful carcinogen can cause any type of cancer. Let’s hope she doesn’t get lung cancer (or any kind of canver for that matter) now!
After hearing that her breast got removed she was totally unattractive for me. I did not look at her as a woman anymore !!! But now with her having a hot little smoke she totally got me again. It is totally beyond me how woman not having a smoke once in a while ever have sex. A woman needs 2 to 4 cigarettes a day (it depends a bit on the hair colour: black women more to four und blondes two).
The trolls are out.
smoking doesn’t cause cancer. anything can cause cancer – genetics, the air you breathe, the genetically modified/preserved/colored/medicated food you eat, the chlorinated water you drink, the radiation your computer produces, the aluminum in the anti-perspirant you use, etc. smoking should be the least of anyone’s worries. in fact, pure tobacco has health benefits. smoking in moderation, just like drinking alcohol in moderation, is beneficial. if you are a non-smoker, don’t start. but if you smoke, do it in moderation. educate yourself.
Oh so smug of you to tell someone with cancer how to live her life. Trent, you sound like an idiot who has no compassion. I’d like to see how you would decide to live your life after battleing cancer. Christina probably likes to smoke, and since she already has cancer doesn’t really give a fuck.
@Jessica — please show me where I am telling anyone how to live their life. for the record, she reportedly no longer has cancer since her double mastectomy. wait, who sounds like an idiot?
We smoke because we want to.
Leave the girl alone.
Fucking idiot… she will die soon… she´s autodestroying herself…
See, it’s comments like the one above this one that prove my earlier comment correct. JOSH – you could die from thousands of things before she ever dies from that cig. You don’t know.
I know people who NEVER smoked but died before their 20th or 30th birthdays.. to absolutely no fault of their own. Why does anyone give that big of a shit anyway? None of u had to smell HER cig. And she wasn’t smoking with a kid who was trapped in the fumes. (something I DEFINITELY find to be WRONG)
Some of you are so very Holier-Than-Thou… It sickens me more than a recovering cancer patient smoking a cig. At least THAT is more understandable… when you’re an understanding kind of person……….
Smoking is like being gay, it’s a combo of nature and nuture. Plus, it’s delicious, and highly addictive! Like sex, smoking can be deadly. But I don’t see people giving up on sex, which kills more people than cigarettes. The point is there are worse things: stealing, backstabbing, cheating, lying, spreading gossip to feel more popular, interesting or to increase ad revenue. Bottom line, blogs are a cancer–ya’ll need to lay off the hate and smoke up mate!
I’m surprised no one has said that SMOKING KEEPS YOUR SKINNY!!!!!!!!!!!! (for the most part)…that’s why all of Hollywood smokes! Appetite suppressor. What a shame.
I simply can not IMAGINE having any kind of cancer regardless of where (a double mastectomy? That means she has lost BOTH breasts) and continuing to partake in something that is proven to cause cancer. It seems asif she is committing suicide in my opinion.
I agree with Trent on this one and I don’t understand why what he is saying is so hard to understand for some.
Even if her breast cancer had nothing to do with smoking than I still cannot understand someone who has gone through having cancer lighting up and with that increasing their risk of getting cancer again. It’s just not smart!
For people saying it’s an addiction they are looking for excuses not to stop. Yes it’s an addiction but as with all addiction if you want to stop, you can! I know plenty of people that stopped smoking.
smokers, non-smokers are not “judging” but wishing you SURVIVE being USED by tobacco manufacturers for their profit and your likely wrecked quality of life and horrible accellerated death. I smoked for 20 years, quit and watched my dad die an awful death. I only wish you can see the true value of life, versus feeding an addiction pure and simple. Cigarettes kill millions annually — from all kinds of causes of death. Regular smokers live an average ten years shorter, that’s documented. And you know their years are less healthy. You are making judgments about Christina’s reasons for things, but denying others the same privilege.
Anna, who says she even WANTS to stop? I smoke as well, and don’t feel any need to quit, not yet. If she’s content with smoking, let her be. Yes it’s harmful, yes it’s pretty foolish. But everyone has their own vices, vices that cause cancer or other diseases. Heck even drinking too much milk can get you cancer.
I think, in this case, Trent, you’re being kind of harsh. She’s only human, having had cancer doesn’t make one more conscious per sé. Judging on your personal blogs, you like to have a few drinks when out and about. That’s not that good either, is it? I’m not judging you for this, we all like to drink. But for that reason, don’t be harsh on others when you’re guilty of your own vices yourself.
@Talia — how, exactly, am I judging? I’m merely pointing out that I don’t understand what she is doing especially after enduring a painful surgery to rid her body of cancer the first time around. I see the point you’re trying to make but for your point to be the same as mine, I would have had to endure liver failure or some other malady AND THEN continue drinking. Of course, everyone has their vices but — again — I’m sure where you feel I’m being “harsh”.
She didn’t “take up” smoking after getting rid of her cancer. She was ALWAYS a smoker, and just continued smoking afterwards. Either way it is incredibly stupid of her. I don’t feel sorry for her anymore.