A County Durham mum-of-four has spoken of how smoking has led to brutal surgery to remove two parts of her lung and a kidney - and urged people to stop the habit.
Cathy Hunt, 58, said she also felt smoking - and the illnesses it brought had put her family through an ordeal that she hoped others might be spared from in future. Cathy, a county councillor from Crook, is part of a campaign urging people to kick smoking.
Speaking to ChronicleLive as she recovers just days on from having a cancerous kidney removed, she said her story should be a cautionary tale, and also railed against the business interest which market lethal drugs to the public.
