Jill Ann Rocks of Sunshine Coast, Queensland died of lung cancer in 2005, aged 59. 

My dear friend Jill died due to the lung cancer which spread to other organs. We had been friends since we were both 11 years of age. I gave up smoking about 23 years ago. Jill was highly addicted to tobacco and still smoked, even on the ward while hospitalised (in toilets). I am angry and sad. Both her parents lived into their eighties. Jill and I had plans for some travel in the future but now, she's gone. It's hard to understand these toxic products - cigarettes - being freely available to addicts to harm themselves and possibly others.

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