Lung cancer in African-American men : protect your family and yourself

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Cancer Prevention and Control.
• Description:
  Lung Cancers Are Mostly Caused by Smoking ; African-American men have the highest rates of lung cancer in the U.S. ; When You Smoke Around Your Family, Everyone Smokes! ; The smoke from your cigarettes, called secondhand smoke, can cause lung cancer and other health problems in people who have never smoked, even kids. ; There’s No Safe Way to Smoke ; Menthol cigarettes are just as dangerous as nonmenthol cigarettes. ; It’s Never Too Late to Quit ; Your risk for lung cancer goes down when you quit, no matter how old you are or how long you have smoked. ; Quitting Can Be Hard, and You May Need Help ; Ask your doctor for help or visit smokefree.gov, call 1 (800) QUIT-NOW, or text the word QUIT to 47848 from your mobile phone. ; lung_infographic_600px.jpg
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• Subjects:
  • Black or African American
  • Health Promotion
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Male
  • Risk Factors
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/35570/cdc_35570_DS1.jpeg
• File Type:
  [JPEG - 263.84 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e9654e4464f0b9d119dda50847b3577009442af2e5bad30bcd25fdbad8df8bf7