Lung Cancer Awareness Month

WHEREAS, lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in the United States and in the state of Alabama; and

WHEREAS, lung cancer will take 3,240 lives in Alabama this year, far surpassing deaths due to breast, prostate and colon cancers combined; and

WHEREAS, approximately 15 percent of lung cancer cases occur in people who have never smoked, and over 40 percent occur in those who have formerly smoked; and

WHEREAS, lung cancer has only a 15 percent five-year survival rate; and

WHEREAS, funding for lung cancer research trails far behind other cancers; and

WHEREAS, The Felix Avery Jr. Lung Cancer Foundation, the only lung cancer advocacy organization in the state of Alabama, is dedicated to decreasing deaths due to lung cancer and to help patients live longer and better through research, awareness and advocacy; and

WHEREAS, the state of Alabama and the City of Mobile demonstrate their commitment by making lung cancer a public health priority, in supporting advocacy work on behalf of lung cancer patients and all those at risk for the disease, and by offering support and care for all those in our state:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim the month of November 2012 as

Lung Cancer Awareness Month

in the state of Alabama, and urge citizens to join in the effort to defeat lung cancer.

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 1st day of November 2012.

 

      

Robert Bentley, Governor