HR 9153

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing November 2004 as Lung Cancer
3	Awareness Month in Florida.
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5	WHEREAS, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death
6	in Florida, with nearly 12,400 Floridians expected to die from
7	the disease in 2004 and over 13,000 more expected to be
8	diagnosed with the disease, and
9	WHEREAS, cigarette smoking and other tobacco use is the
10	leading cause of lung cancer, with more than 87 percent of all
11	lung cancer attributed to smoking tobacco products, and
12	WHEREAS, the five-year survival rate for lung cancer is
13	only 15 percent, and early detection of this disease is not only
14	very difficult and costly, but has not yet been proven to
15	improve survival rates, and
16	WHEREAS, the best known way to prevent lung cancer and the
17	premature deaths and costs resulting from this disease is to
18	never start using tobacco, and
19	WHEREAS, since the inception of the Florida Tobacco Control
20	Program, smoking rates among Florida's youth have dropped to 57
21	percent among middle school students and 36 percent among high
22	school students, and
23	WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society, in partnership with
24	the Florida Department of Health, helps adult and youth smokers
25	stop smoking through the proven cessation support of the toll-
26	free Quit-For-Life-Line, 1-877-U-CAN-NOW, and
27	WHEREAS, the Florida Division of the American Cancer
28	Society is committed to preventing use of and addiction to
29	tobacco by youth, as evidenced by the strong advocacy for
30	Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) and the Florida Tobacco
31	Control Program, NOW, THEREFORE,
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33	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
34	Florida:
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36	That the House of Representatives recognizes the month of
37	November 2004 as Lung Cancer Awareness Month in Florida and
38	urges all Floridians to make themselves more aware of the risk
39	of lung cancer associated with tobacco use, to take measures to
40	minimize those risks by cessation of and abstinence from tobacco
41	use, and to join the American Cancer Society in its efforts to
42	promote better health and reduce the incidence of lung cancer.

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