November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month

[Funjen]

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Despite claiming more lives than any other cancer, lung cancer receives comparatively little research funding. In 2004, approximately $1,723 per lung cancer death was spent on research, compared with: $13,953 for breast cancer $10,318 for prostate cancer $ 4,618 for colorectal cancer.


Lung Cancer Facts

*Lung cancer causes 30% of all cancer deaths.

*Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer among Caucasians, African-Americans, Asians and Hispanic males.

*Lung cancer will kill more people this year than:
• breast cancer
• prostate cancer
• colon cancer
• liver cancer
• kidney cancer ....COMBINED!!!


The LUNGevity Foundation is the only organization in the United States dedicated exclusively to funding lung cancer research.

Click on this link to donate, or find events/ fundraisers:
http://www.lungevity.org/site/epage/40667_447.htm


This year is also the 30th anniversary of The Great American Smokeout, which is sponsored by The American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_5_Great_American_Smokeout_History.asp

[Toni Bunz]

I just sent this to my mom. She was a heavy smoker and quit cold turkey about 6 or 7 years ago. She just recently starting smoking again(tells me she only has one or two a day). She is a breast cancer survivor for over 4 years now. She went through so much radiation to get rid of it and now she is smoking with the risks of getting lung cancer. It makes no sense to me at all and really pisses me off! Whenever I catch her, I throw away her cigarettes and remind her that she has 5 grandchildren she won't get to see grow up if she keeps smoking (mean but I'm trying to get my point across.)

[Funjen]

I just sent this to my mom. She was a heavy smoker and quit cold turkey about 6 or 7 years ago. She just recently starting smoking again(tells me she only has one or two a day). She is a breast cancer survivor for over 4 years now. She went through so much radiation to get rid of it and now she is smoking with the risks of getting lung cancer. It makes no sense to me at all and really pisses me off! Whenever I catch her, I throw away her cigarettes and remind her that she has 5 grandchildren she won't get to see grow up if she keeps smoking (mean but I'm trying to get my point across.)

My dad smoked for close to 40 years. He would quit, but start right back up again. I did exactly what you did... I have always yelled at him for smoking, and would say very mean things hoping to wake him up and make him stop. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in April, and has FINALLY quit smoking. Its unfortunate that it took lung cancer to make him understand what I was telling him all these years.

Smoking is one of those things where people do it and think "it won't happen to me". There are so many damaging things that cigarettes do to your body, I have never and will never smoke a cigarette for as long as I live.

[Funjen]

I forgot to post this link with some scary smoking statistics: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Cigarette_Smoking.asp?sitearea=PED

[Toni Bunz]

I'm so sorry about your father. I hope everything turns out okay for him....

[Funjen]

Thanks, and good luck with your mom! :heythere