OK. It is now November. Breast month is finally over. All the little pink titties can get put away and we can now talk about who dies of cancer. Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the United States. 30% of all cancer deaths are from lung cancer. It kills three times more men than prostate cancer and it kills twice as many women as breast cancer. But do you know anyone walking, shopping or wearing a ribbon for lung cancer?
Think about this. It’s a horrible cancer. Little effective treatment or prevention and it’s pretty much a death sentence. And a fast one. Maybe that’s why we can’t face it? But these are our lungs—our respiration and inspiration. Lung cancer kills across age groups. And its not just smokers. We do a great disservice with that focus on smokers. It’s cancer.
Take a deep breath.
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