In 2010, Dr Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chose the 6 original health priorities that he would call “winnable battles.” Tobacco use was one of them. As reported in the CDC’s tobacco overview materials, tobacco use is responsible for 443,000 deaths in the United States each year, including 128,900 deaths attributed to lung cancer.1 Here we will consider some specific lung cancer statistics.
Sources 1. www.cdc.gov/winnablebattles/Tobacco/. 2. www.cancer.org/cancer/lungcancer-non-smallcell/detailedguide/non-small-cell-lung-cancer-key-statistics. 3. www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/basic_info/risk_factors.htm. 4. http://events.lungevity.org/site/PageServer?pagename=v2_AboutLungCancer. 5. www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/lung/page4. 6. www.cancer.gov/newscenter/newsfromnci/2013/ReportNationDec2013Release.
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