Years After He Quit Smoking, a Lung Cancer Scan Saved His Life

KFF Health News · August 12, 2026

Dennis Schmidt started smoking as a teenager, when that was so unexceptional that his Catholic high school designated outdoor “senior smoking quarters,” where students in their final year could take cigarette breaks. He smoked a pack of menthols daily for nearly 40 years. As a registered nurse at…

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