Her four-year-old grandson told her she would die... but it was too late

The son of a 'much loved mum' who passed away from lung cancer has spoken about the devastation smoking caused his family.

Damian Fish, who lives in Wigan, was on holiday when his sister, Lorna, called telling him he needed to speak to his parents urgently. His mum, Domini, had been diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer.

The 67-year-old mum of three underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy treatment but sadly passed away in 2011, only 11 months after her diagnosis.

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Despite Domini stopping smoking in 2004, after her four-year-old grandson spotted her smoking in the garden and 'insisted she would die', it was to late. The five decades of smoking had 'taken its toll'.

Damian, who served in the Army for 22 years with his younger brother Stefan, said: “When my sister phoned me on holiday saying I needed to speak to my parents urgently, I thought maybe they had won the lottery, but my mum had been diagnosed with stage three lung cancer.

“My mum was a loving and caring woman who was very family-orientated and doted on her grandchildren. She gave up smoking when she was shocked into it by her grandson and then just a week later she suffered a heart attack. While she recovered from the heart attack, the damage from so many years of heavy smoking had taken its toll."

Domini had been smoking since the age of 14 and Damian and his siblings were brought up in a household with both parents smoking. His hatred for smoking began as a child surrounded by the addiction, to the point he sent a letter to the Prime Minister when he was seven, asking for smoking to be banned.

Now, as an adult, the dad of two is continuing to do whatever he