Lung Cancer - Step 3: Take Action To Reduce Your Lung Cancer Risk | email this page |
While no one can say that you will never get cancer, there
are some things you can do to reduce your risk. For example,
cigarette smoking has been definitely established as the
primary cause of lung cancer. If you are a smoker, quitting
is the most important thing you can do to reduce your risk
of getting lung cancer. What You Can Do If you are a smoker, quitting is the most important thing you can do to reduce your risk of getting lung cancer. |
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Lung Cancer Risk Reduction Action Tool
Below are risk factors for lung cancer. Select the ones you want to work
on and put on your risk reduction list. After you build your list, you
can print it out and take it to your doctor to discuss your action plan.