Full Text of SR1630 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Lung cancer kills 159,000 Americans every year, | 3 | | more than any other form of cancer; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer; | 5 | | secondhand smoke exposure, radon, asbestos, and genetic | 6 | | disorders have long been known to cause lung cancer; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The World Health Organization's International | 8 | | Agency for Research on Cancer recently added outdoor air | 9 | | pollution and particulate matter to the growing list of air | 10 | | pollutants known to cause lung cancer; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Although avoiding exposure to these carcinogens | 12 | | is the best way to prevent lung cancer, people cannot always | 13 | | avoid them because they are so widespread; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The 5-year survival rate for lung cancer is only | 15 | | 17%, among the lowest of all types of cancer; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer | 17 | | greatly improves survival rates; however, most cases are not | 18 | | diagnosed until their later stages; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The lung cancer mortality rate for high-risk |
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| 1 | | populations can be lowered by up to 14% through early | 2 | | detection, including low-dose CT screening; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, It is estimated that 72,000 American women will | 4 | | die of lung cancer in 2014, which accounts for 26% of all | 5 | | female deaths due to cancer; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer in the | 7 | | United States; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Every two-and-a-half minutes, someone in the | 9 | | United States is told that he or she has lung cancer; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In the last 36 years, the lung cancer death rate | 11 | | has fallen 28% among men while increasing 98% among women; | 12 | | therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we hereby designate | 15 | | November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month in the State of | 16 | | Illinois, and we encourage all residents to learn more about | 17 | | the detection and treatment of lung cancer; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the American Lung Association.
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