PRINTER'S NO. 2692
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
600
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY M. K. KELLER, BAKER, BIZZARRO, BOBACK, R. BROWN,
BURNS, CAUSER, COX, DiGIROLAMO, DRISCOLL, EVERETT, HENNESSEY,
KNOWLES, LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, McCARTER, MILLARD, MULLERY,
MURT, NEILSON, PASHINSKI, ROTHMAN, RYAN, TOOHIL, WARD,
KINSEY, SONNEY AND DUSH, NOVEMBER 13, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of November 2017 as "Lung Cancer Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The number of deaths due to lung cancer in the
United States is more than all those combined from colon,
breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers, making it the leading
cause of cancer deaths in this country; and
WHEREAS, The number of deaths due to lung cancer increased by
more than 4% between 1999 and 2008, from 152,156 to 158,656; and
WHEREAS, While cigarette smoking is the primary cause of
almost 90% of lung cancer cases, exposure to radon is the second
leading cause of lung cancer deaths annually; and
WHEREAS, Other factors include exposure to cigarette smoke
and occupational exposure to carcinogens such as asbestos,
uranium and coke; and
WHEREAS, According to the American Lung Association, an
estimated 160,340 individuals in the United States have
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succumbed to lung cancer in 2012 with an additional 222,500 new
cases projected to be diagnosed this year; and
WHEREAS, More than 373,000 Americans are living with lung
cancer, with the majority of the cases having been diagnosed
within the last five years; and
WHEREAS, Even though more men are diagnosed with this disease
each year, the rate of new lung cancer cases over the last 33
years has dropped for men but has steadily risen for women at a
rate of 106%; and
WHEREAS, The lung cancer incidence rate for black men is 47%
higher than it is for white men even though their exposure to
cigarette smoke is approximately the same; and
WHEREAS, Lung cancer incidence rates for black women and
white women are basically equal in spite of data that indicates
that more white women are cigarette smokers; and
WHEREAS, In Pennsylvania, lung cancer incidence rates in
2008, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, were between 66.9 and 73.7 per 100,000 and the death
rate was between 50.8 and 56.1 per 100,000; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
month of November 2017 as "Lung Cancer Awareness Month" in
Pennsylvania.
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