Facts 2

~ Overall, lung cancer 5-year relative survival rates are very low.

~ Smoking is the cause of 87% of all lung cancers.

~ The risk of dying from lung cancer is 22 times higher for male smokers and 12 times higher for woman smokers then people who have never lit a sigarette.

~ Smoking rates for African American, White, an Hispanic men and woman have decreased a lot since the 1960's and 1970's.

~ Smoking can take away the amount of taste buds you have.

~ Smoking can take about 11 minutes off a persons life.