Swayze told to quit Cigarettes

DOCTORS have had to ORDER PATRICK SWAYZE to give up Cigarettes in their battle to treat his pancreatic cancer. The Dirty Dancing star has so far refused to kick his habit despite the diagnosis in January. The 55-year-old actor and keen pilot is such a heavy smoker that in 2001 his plane crashed after the altitude controller became blocked with tar. He once admitted to getting through More than three packs of fags a day. Optimistic A third of pancreatic cancer cases are linked to smoking. But yesterday his doctor George Fisher said he was “optimistic” about Swayze’s chances, despite early reports saying he may have just weeks to live, Dr Fisher said: “Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far. He said reports of his prognosis were “untrue” and added: “We are considerably More optimistic.”