New
York
(ANI):
American
actor
Patrick
Swayze
has
been
spotted
having
a
smoke
on
the
sets
of
his
new
A&E
TV
series
The
Beast,
despite
battling
cancer.
Swayze,
who
announced
in
January
that
he
has
pancreatic
cancer,
was
caught
puffing
away
on
a
cigarette
while
talking
to
a
crewmember,
as
he
took
a
break
from
playing
an
FBI
agent.
The
Dirty
Dancing
star
has
been
a
smoker
for
years
and
he
has
admitted
to
having
smoked
up
to
three
packs
a
day,
the
New
York
Daily
News
reported.
The
56-year-old
actor
was
even
told
off
in
March
when
he
was
caught
smoking
after
undergoing
chemotherapy
treatment
at
Stanford
University
Medical
Center.
But
even
though
he
is
smoking,
he
seems
to
look
a
lot
healthier
these
days,
and
not
like
the
time
when
he
appeared
gaunt
at
an
L.A.
Lakers
game
in
May.
Swayze
had
even
announced
in
late
July,
"I'm
a
miracle,
dude!" Recent
studies
suggest
that
smoking
a
pack
or
more
a
day
can
dramatically
increase
a
smoker's
risk
of
developing
pancreatic
cancer.