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Lung Cancer Prevention
- If you are a smoker, STOP SMOKING. Your local American Lung Association has books, videos, and group programs to help you quit for good.
- The Lung Association is also offering a new way to stop smoking through its Freedom From Smoking® online smoking cessation clinic. Find out more by visiting the American Lung Association website at www.ffsonline.org.
- If you are a nonsmoker, know your rights to a smoke-free environment a twork and in public places.
- Make your home smoke-free.
- Test your home for radon.
- If you are exposed to dusts and fumes at work, ask questions about how you are being protected. Don't smoke -- smoking increases your risk from many occupational exposures.
Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in the United States, and the surest way to defeat it is to prevent it from ever happening. Contact your local American Lung Association® at 1-800-LUNGUSA to learn how you can help avoid lung cancer hazards.
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