BY MARY FINN
November is National Lung Cancer Awareness month.
State health officials say despite the bad economy, many people are still smoking. And too many are developing lung cancer.
Health officials are using this month to help smokers quit.
CMU Public Radio's Mary Finn has more.
Just 20 minutes after you quit smoking, your heart rate and blood pressure will begin to drop. This is just one among many statistics the MDCH has posted to raise awareness about lung cancer.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in Michigan, killing nearly 6,000 people this year.
The main cause of lung cancer is smoking.
James McCurtis is with the MDCH.
"What we want to do is help making those numbers go down and with hopefully smoke free legislation that will work".
McCurtis said Michigan ranks 19th in the nation when it comes to lung cancer deaths.
November is National Lung Cancer Awareness month.
State health officials say despite the bad economy, many people are still smoking. And too many are developing lung cancer.
Health officials are using this month to help smokers quit.
CMU Public Radio's Mary Finn has more.
Just 20 minutes after you quit smoking, your heart rate and blood pressure will begin to drop. This is just one among many statistics the MDCH has posted to raise awareness about lung cancer.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in Michigan, killing nearly 6,000 people this year.
The main cause of lung cancer is smoking.
James McCurtis is with the MDCH.
"What we want to do is help making those numbers go down and with hopefully smoke free legislation that will work".
McCurtis said Michigan ranks 19th in the nation when it comes to lung cancer deaths.
