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... 2006 Lung Cancer Stats for California - Good News or Bad?

March 30, 2006 Home About Submit Press Release PR Firms Editors/Journalists Search Archives News Releases by Category News by Country News by MSA All News for Today Browse News by Day News by Trackbacks All Press Releases for March 30, 2006 Subscribe to this News Feed 2006 Lung Cancer Stats for California - Good News or Bad?

New 2006 statistics have just been released about the cancer rates in California.

While generally the news is good, there are some alarming trends that need to be addressed.

(PRWEB) March 30, 2006 - The California Cancer Registry and the American Cancer Society have just released a new booklet “California Cancer Facts and Figures, 2006”.

For those living in California with any form of cancer, you are urged to get this informative booklet.

You can get a copy of the booklet here: http://www.ccrcal.org/.

This report will just be focusing on the stats for Lung Cancer in California.

California is a leader in tobacco tax initiatives.

Following the cancer trends in California will determine what measures the rest of the country must take to decrease the lung cancer rates overall.

Basically, the news is very good.

From the period of 1988 – 2002, all types of incidences of cancer in California went down by 12%.

Cancer mortality declined by 19%.

Thanks to Proposition 99 - the California tobacco control initiative passed in 1988, tobacco-related can...

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