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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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Local news HomeNewsLocal News E-mail story Printer-friendly E-mail editor Comments iPod friendly Lawyers question ads touting asbestos bill Kansas Chamber of Commerce says intent is to prevent lawsuits By Dave Ranney (Contact) Thursday, March 30, 2006 advertisement Earlier this week, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce ran full-page ads in several newspapers in the state, including this one, urging readers to call or write their legislators about a bill it says will keep the state from becoming “a hotbed for frivolous asbestos lawsuits.” The lawsuits, according to the ads, hurt business and victims alike.

“We want to make sure that doesn’t happen here,” said the Kansas chamber’s president and chief executive officer S.

Lewis Ebert.

But Lawrence lawyers Margaret Farley and Jerry Levy questioned the chamber’s motive’s Wednesday.

“I think it a frivolous bill — the ad itself says these cases aren’t a problem in Kansas,” Farley said.

“It sort of begs the question of why they’re trying to fix something that isn’t broken, or why they’re trying to micromanage a lawsuit before it’s even filed.” Levy, a past president of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Assn., said he’s not aware of a single asbestos lawsuit on file in Kansas.

“Frivolous lawsuits?

” Levy said.

“Ask the chamb...

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WISTROM The Wichita Eagle TOPEKA - They're just microscopic flecks of minerals.

But under the right circumstances asbestos and silica particles can lead to bigger things like cancer, lawsuits, bankruptcy and death.

Few asbestos lawsuits are currently being filed in Kansas.

But the state's chamber of commerce is worried lawsuits may move into Kansas as other states set rules...