More than 16 million Americans are living with a disease caused by smoking. Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. In the US during 2023, there are predicted 238,340 new cases of lung cancer (117,550 men, and 120,790 women) and 127,070 deaths (67,160 men, and 59,910 women). Most of the people that get lung cancer are 65 and above. The average age of getting lung cancer is 70 years. 1 in 5 of all cancer deaths in the USA is from lung cancer. The risk for men getting lung cancer is 1 in 16. The risk for women getting lung cancer is 1 in 17. African American men have a 12% higher chance of getting lung cancer than white men. White women have a 16% higher chance of getting lung cancer than African American women. Smoking contributes to 80% to 90% of lung cancer deaths in the USA. Yearly lung cancer screening is recommended for who are at high risk, those have a history of heavy smoking, and smoke now or have quit within the past 15 years and are between 50 and 80 years. Family history, combined with smoking, can increase the risk of developing lung cancer. If you have a first degree relative with lung cancer, you are twice as likely to get lung cancer as someone who does not have a first degree relative with lung cancer.
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