In early 2018 Ruth Strauss, wife of former England cricket captain Sir Andrew Strauss, was diagnosed with a terminal lung cancer that affects non-smokers. Ruth died in December 2018; she was 46 years old and mother to two children, then aged 10 and 13. In her memory, Sir Andrew Strauss set up the Ruth Strauss Foundation with two missions:

• To ensure that every family with a child facing the death of a parent from cancer is offered the professional emotional support they need to prepare the family for the future.

• To advocate for more awareness, research and collaboration in the fight against non-smoking lung cancers, so that together we find the causes sooner and improve outcomes.