Nation ‘Never smoked a day in my life.’ Firefighter with Stage 4 lung cancer traces it to his job August 23, 2021Katherine Kokal, Palm Beach PostComments Off on ‘Never smoked a day in my life.’ Firefighter with Stage 4 lung cancer traces it to his job More than half of firefighter deaths in 2021 have been cancer-related. Brian Wolnewitz hopes he's not one of them.