Senate Bill sb2732

    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 2732

    By Senator Jones





    13-1890-05

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing April 2005 as "Cancer

  3         Control Awareness Month."

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  5         WHEREAS, cancer will strike approximately one out of

  6  two men and about one out of every three women in the course

  7  of their lives, and

  8         WHEREAS, cancer accounts for one out of every four

  9  deaths, and is the leading cause of death, and

10         WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society estimates that

11  more than 96,200 new cases of cancer in Florida will be

12  diagnosed and more than 39,960 Floridians will die from cancer

13  during the year 2005, and

14         WHEREAS, many cancers can be prevented by lifestyle

15  changes, or cured if detected early and treated promptly, and

16         WHEREAS, as many as one-third of the cancer deaths

17  expected in Florida this year will be related to nutrition,

18  physical inactivity, obesity, and other lifestyle factors, and

19  thus may have been prevented, and

20         WHEREAS, almost half of all Floridians who continue to

21  smoke may expect to die prematurely from lung cancer or other

22  tobacco-related diseases, and

23         WHEREAS, 30 percent of all cancer deaths and 87 percent

24  of all lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking cigarettes or

25  other tobacco products, and

26         WHEREAS, the 5-year survival rate for all cancers

27  combined is 64 percent, but survival rates may increase

28  significantly for certain cancers such as breast, cervical,

29  and colorectal cancers when they are detected and treated

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    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 2732
    13-1890-05




 1         WHEREAS, rates of cancer incidence and death in Florida

 2  may be significantly reduced with increased awareness of the

 3  American Cancer Society's cancer-screening guidelines and

 4  compliance with those screening guidelines, and

 5         WHEREAS, promotion of Cancer Control Awareness Month

 6  and statewide cancer control initiatives, such as the Florida

 7  Dialogue on Cancer sponsored by the American Cancer Society,

 8  may assist Florida in significantly reducing the burden of

 9  cancer faced by Floridians and the state, NOW, THEREFORE,

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11  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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13         That the month of April 2005 is recognized as "Cancer

14  Control Awareness Month" in Florida and all Floridians are

15  urged to understand the risks associated with cancer, change

16  behaviors that increase their cancer risks, and follow the

17  American Cancer Society's cancer-screening guidelines.

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