London
(ANI):
Actor
Patrick
Swayze's
doctors
have
ordered
him
to
quit
smoking
as
he
battles
pancreatic
cancer.
The
'Dirty
Dancing'
star
is
known
for
smoking
more
than
three
packs
of
cigarettes
a
day,
and
had
till
now
refused
to
kick
the
butt.
However,
his
doctors
have
cautioned
him
that
if
he
wants
to
increase
his
chances
of
beating
his
cancer,
he
needs
to
stop
lighting
up,
reports
The
Sun.
The
news
that
the
actor
was
suffering
from
the
aggressive
form
of
cancer
was
broken
by
US
tabloid
the
National
Enquirer.
But
while
the
tabloid
stated
that
the
55-year-old
star
had
only
weeks
to
live,
his
physician
Dr
George
Fisher
insisted
that
he
was
responding
well
to
treatment.
"He
appears
to
be
responding
well
to
treatment
thus
far," he
said
at
the
time.
"All
of
the
reports
stating
the
timeframe
of
his
prognosis
and
his
physical
side
effects
are
absolutely
untrue.
We
are
considerably
more
optimistic,"
he
added.
Swayze,
a
keen
pilot,
is
so
fond
of
his
cigarettes
that
in
2001
his
plane
crashed
after
the
altitude
controller
became
blocked
with
tar.