More Americans die each year from lung cancer than from breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers combined.
Lung cancer kills more men annually than prostate cancer and more women than breast cancer.
Every three minutes another person is diagnosed with lung cancer. 18 people will die each hour from lung cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that 164,100 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer and 156,900 will die from the disease in the year 2000. Tobacco addiction is the number one cause of lung cancer. Some studies show that women are more susceptible to the carcinogenic effects of tobacco.