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Show LUNG CANCER CAN BE AVOIDED One of the most fatal forms of cancer, with a scant 5 survival rate, turns out to be ' one of the most easily prevented. prevent-ed. Lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths among males, can be avoided in at least 75 of the cases by a simple precaution: Don't smoke. Statistics revealed by the American Cancer Society show that the incidence of lung cancer is ten times greater among people who smoke cigarettes than among non-smokers. For teenagers and others who haven't yet fallen victim to the smoking'habit, the lesson is clear: Don't Start. For the inveterate smoker who finds it difficult to "kick the habit" there is real incentive incen-tive to quit. Five years after stopping, the risk of getting lung cancer is reduced 50. Ten years after stopping, former for-mer smokers have as good a chance as non-smokers of escaping this disease. How serious is the menace of lung cancer? This year an estimated 47,000 persons in the U. S. will die of it. More men will succumb to lung cancer than from automobile accidents. Of 100 who contract the disease this year, only five will survive in five years. These sobering facts and other findings from the Surgeon Sur-geon General's Report are being brought to the attention of local residents by the local unit of the American Cancer Society. Our advice is to listen lis-ten carefully and to act. The timely warning of the cancer volunteers may save your life. |
