Christina Applegate survived breast cancer. She had to get a double masectomy but she’s living and breathing. Why is it a big deal that she’s smoking cigarettes? Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer and heart disease.
Breast cancer survivor Christina Applegate was snapped puffing on a cigarette as she strolled down a Los Angeles street.
The 36-year-old “Married. . .With Children” star proclaimed herself cancer-free just last summer after undergoing a double mastectomy.
She even had the courage to show off her reconstructed figure during a scene from her hit comedy “Samantha Who?” just weeks after the operation.
Applegate’s mother also beat breast cancer and the star said her mom’s fight inspired her to beat the disease.
Applegate also appeared at the star-studded Stand Up To Cancer telethon that raised millions to fight the disease last September.
Fellow cancer survivors Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge hugged Applegate in a moving moment onstage at the event.
Doctors say smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer and several other forms of the disease. It also causes heart disease and other killer ailments.
The link to breast cancer is less clear-cut, although some studies have shown women who smoke are more likely to develop breast cancer.
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