MCC Tobacco Cessation Awareness Month/
National Lung Cancer Awareness Month -
Main Points for Articles
The following bullets present ideas you may consider
using if you are developing an article for MCC Tobacco Cessation Awareness
Month / Lung Cancer Awareness Month. These points may be useful in writing articles for the general
public, patients, or health professionals.
Health care professionals have unique opportunities to share information
with the clients they serve. November is a good time to discuss
the importance of smoking cessation with patients.
If you are writing an article for health care professionals and
are looking for statistics on incidence and mortality, stage at
diagnosis, risk factors, screening and diagnosis, and smoking behaviors,
please refer to the Lung Cancer Fact Sheets at www.michigancancer.org/Resources/CancerFactSheets.cfm.
The use of tobacco is a major cause and contributor
to the development of multiple cancers, heart disease, bronchitis, emphysema,
stroke, and increased severity of colds and pneumonia.
Tobacco has a damaging effect on a woman's reproductive
health and is associated with increased risk of miscarriage, pre-term
delivery, and still birth. It also is a cause of low birth weight in
infants.
Secondhand smoke, the smoke from a burning cigarette,
cigar or pipe and the smoke exhaled from a smoker's lungs, has been
classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a known human
carcinogen (cancer-causing agent).
Children and infants are especially vulnerable to secondhand
smoke exposure. Such exposure can result in multiple health problems
including lung diseases, ear infections, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
For more information about becoming involved in the
Michigan Cancer Consortium’s effort to reduce smoking prevalence, call
us (toll-free) at 877-588-MCCI or e-mail us at .
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