Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan for Michigan, 2009-2015 Goals (2009 - 2015): Tobacco Control / Lung Cancer
Goal: Promote tobacco addiction treatment (cessation) among adults and youth.
Data Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in both Michigan and the United States.1,2 It is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer in Michigan (behind only prostate cancer).1 Michigan ranks 18th in the nation in lung cancer mortality, with 33 states having lower lung cancer death rates.2
During 2007, a total of 7,712 men and women in Michigan were diagnosed with lung cancer.1 During 2008, a total of 5,883 men and women in Michigan died of the disease.1 In Michigan, the incidence of lung cancer has declined slightly over the past 10 years, yet it still exceeds the national incidence rates.1,2
Smoking is the leading risk factor for lung cancer. The risk of lung cancer increases with the quantity and duration of cigarette consumption. Tobacco use accounts for at least 30 percent of all cancer deaths and 87 percent of lung cancer deaths.3 Approximately 18.9 percent of Michigan adults (21.0 percent of men and 17.0 percent of women) are current smokers.4 In 2009, 18.8 percent of Michigan high school students reported smoking one or more days in the previous month, an increase from 17 percent in 2005.5
Tobacco Control/Lung Cancer Health Disparities Data
In Michigan, approximately 88.5 percent of individuals diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007 were 55 years or older.1
Non-smoking spouses of smokers have a 20 percent to 30 percent greater risk of developing lung cancer than do spouses of non-smokers.6
Secondhand smoke causes approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths among U.S. nonsmokers each year.6
Michigan residents with lower household incomes and lower education levels are more likely to smoke.4
African Americans in Michigan have generally higher incidence of lung cancer than Caucasians.7
Smoking is more prevalent among minority groups in Michigan.
Hispanic/Latino adults age 18 or older have higher smoking rates compared to both Blacks and Whites.4
African Americans and American Indians age 40 or older have higher smoking rates than do other racial/ethnic population groups of the same age.8
Michigan residents with lower household incomes and lower education levels have a higher prevalence of smoking.4
1 Michigan Cancer Surveillance Program, 2008 Michigan Cancer Death Public
Use File & 2007 Michigan Cancer Incidence Public Use File. Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics.
4 Michigan Department of Community Health, Bureau of Epidemiology. Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, 2007. Available online at www.michigan.gov/brfs.
5 Michigan Department of Education. Michigan Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2007. Available online at www.michigan.gov/yrbs.
6 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General. (Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2006.)
8 Michigan Public Health Institute (Cancer Control Services Program) and Michigan Department of Community Health (Cancer Prevention and Control Section). Special Cancer Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (SCBRFS), 2006. Available online at www.michigancancer.org/Resources/ SpecialMCCReports.cfm.
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