Tobacco Road

Nancy Pastor

The Washington Times

Joan Johnson, 53, of Hagerstown, Md., a smoker since she was 12 years-old is diagnosed with lung cancer at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. As she waits to undergo pre-surgery tests, a technician dressed like an angel in celebration of Halloween is in an adjacent room. In the state of Maryland, smoking kills more people than alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders and suicides combined.

Nancy Pastor, "Tobacco Road," in POYi Archive, Item #34183, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/34183 (accessed May 22, 2025).