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Former YouTube CEO, Susan Wojcicki, was a non smoker and died from lung cancer. see https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/from-susan/

Dana Reeves, wife of actor Christopher Reeves, a non-smoker, also died from lung cancer.

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Also know a non-smoker who got lung cancer, in particular a (rather rare) genetically sensitive form. Most of the damage ended up to the bones and brain versus the lungs.

It's so scary that a practical billionaire was unable to save her own life with the very best medical technology available to her. There isn't a single medical treatment she couldn't afford and yet it progressed in a way that she couldn't save herself. That is sad and sobering for the rest of us, about how out of control things can be, even in our own bodies. I'm sure her contributions to cancer research will save many millions of lives downstream in the future, however.

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