Senate Bill sb2374

    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SR 2374

    By Senator Saunders





    37-1904-07

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing April 2007 as

  3         "Cancer-Control Awareness Month" in this state

  4         and urging all residents of this state to take

  5         actions that will decrease their cancer risks.

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  7         WHEREAS, cancer will strike approximately one out of

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

  9  of their lives, and

10         WHEREAS, cancer accounts for one out every four deaths,

11  and is the second leading cause of death in the United States,

12  and

13         WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society estimates that

14  more than 106,560 new cases of cancer in Florida will be

15  diagnosed and more than 40,430 Floridians will die from cancer

16  in 2007, and

17         WHEREAS, many cancers can be prevented by lifestyle

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

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

20  occurring each year will have been related to nutrition,

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

22  thus, might have been prevented, and

23         WHEREAS, almost half of all individuals that continue

24  to smoke may expect to die prematurely from lung cancer or

25  other tobacco-related diseases, and

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

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

28  other tobacco products, and

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

30  combined is 66 percent, but survival rates may increase

31  significantly for certain cancers such as breast, cervical,

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    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SR 2374
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 1  and colorectal cancers when they are detected and treated

 2  early, and

 3         WHEREAS, rates of cancer incidence and death in Florida

 4  may be significantly reduced with increased awareness of, and

 5  compliance with, the American Cancer Society's

 6  cancer-screening guidelines, and

 7         WHEREAS, promotion of Cancer-Control Awareness Month

 8  and state-wide cancer-control initiatives, such as the Florida

 9  Dialogue on Cancer sponsored by the American Cancer Society,

10  may assist Florida in significantly reducing the burden of

11  cancer which Floridians and the state face, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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15         That April 2007 is recognized as "Cancer-Control

16  Awareness Month," and all residents of this state are

17  encouraged to understand the risks associated with cancer, to

18  change behaviors that increase their cancer risks, and to

19  follow the American Cancer Society's cancer-screening

20  guidelines.

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