Breast Cancer Hotline News 9 teamed up with the American Cancer Society to set up a hotline for experts to answer your questions. Some 438 people die of lung cancer daily, which means 160,000 deaths each year. Doctors say lung cancer is associated with smoking in 87 percent of all patients.
Teenage smoking is on the rise.
Girls are smoking at higher rates and at younger ages than boys. Dr. William Goad says the youngest person he's treated for lung cancer caused by smoking is 26. If you think it's too late to quit, doctors say the risk of lung cancer drops as soon as a smoker quits. You can rate your risk of lung cancer. St. Anthony will be also offering a reduced price lung cancer screening on November 13.