Faces of Lung Cancer To build public awareness of lung cancer, four national cancer organizations are uniting to launch a nationwide lung cancer awareness campaign. Lung cancer. The goals of the campaign are to promote better diagnosis and treatment of the disease, increase research funding, and publicize medical advances and support services that can help reduce the deaths and suffering associated with lung cancer.
EPA/ORD/NCEA - Passive Smoking - ETS Effects of secondhand smoke on children and adults: asthma attacks, lower respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia; buildup of fluid in the middle ear; upper respiratory tract irritation; lung cancer.
Health Effects of Exposure to Indoor Radon (BEIR VI Report) The National Academy of Sciences comprehensive report (1998) on the health efects of radon in homes. Lung cancer. A detailed risk model for the US population. Explains how radon causes lung cancer and estimates that in the U.S. it causes 15,400 - 21,800 lung cancer deaths each year.