Bill Text: IL SR1826 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares November of 2016 as Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR1826 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1826-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Lung cancer is caused when cells grow at an | ||||||
3 | accelerated rate and do not die, as normal
cells would do; | ||||||
4 | instead, they continue to grow and form a group of abnormal | ||||||
5 | cells called a
tumor; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in both | ||||||
7 | men and women; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Lung Cancer is often caused by smoking, but | ||||||
9 | chances of developing this type of
cancer increase with family | ||||||
10 | history or with exposure to secondhand smoke, asbestos, radon | ||||||
11 | gas,
or high air pollution; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Each year, more people die from lung cancer than | ||||||
13 | colon, breast, and prostate cancers
combined; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death | ||||||
15 | and the second most diagnosed cancer
in both men and women in | ||||||
16 | the United States; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Today's smokers smoke fewer cigarettes than those | ||||||
18 | 50 years ago, however, they are at
higher risk of developing | ||||||
19 | lung cancer; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Lung cancer has the lowest 5-year survival rate of | ||||||
2 | common cancers (breast, prostate, and colorectal) at 17%; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Although lung cancer has the highest death rate of | ||||||
4 | any cancer, in 2015, it received a
disproportionately low | ||||||
5 | amount of federal research funding; in total, an estimated | ||||||
6 | $1.012 billion
was spent on breast cancer research, $350 | ||||||
7 | million on prostate cancer research, $315 million on
colon | ||||||
8 | cancer research, and only $265 million on lung cancer research; | ||||||
9 | and
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10 | WHEREAS, The fight against lung cancer occurs on multiple | ||||||
11 | levels, including education, outreach,
and policy efforts; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Increased coordination among all stakeholders, | ||||||
13 | including federal and state
governments, providers, patient | ||||||
14 | groups, community leaders and organizations, the public,
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15 | business, and researchers, is critical to promote the | ||||||
16 | prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of lung
cancer; | ||||||
17 | therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate the month | ||||||
20 | of November 2016 as Lung Cancer
Awareness Month in the State of | ||||||
21 | Illinois.
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