Template Lung Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation

WHEREAS, lung cancer will claim (estimated # of lung cancer deaths in your state) lives in (your state) this year, far outnumbering deaths due to breast, prostate, and colon cancers combined; and

WHEREAS, approximately 15% of lung cancer cases occur in people who have never smoked, and over 40% in those who have formerly smoked; and

WHEREAS, lung cancer has only a 17% five-year survival rate; and

WHEREAS, funding for lung cancer research trails far behind other cancers; and

WHEREAS, Free to Breathe, a lung cancer advocacy organization made up of physicians and researchers working together with survivors and advocates, is dedicated to doubling the five-year lung cancer survival rate in the US by 2022; and

WHEREAS; the state of (your state) / the city of (your city) demonstrates its commitment by making lung cancer a public health priority, in supporting advocacy work on behalf of lung cancer patients and all those at risk for the disease, and by offering support and care for all those in our state / community affected by lung cancer.

THEREFORE, I, Governor / Mayor (add name), do hereby proclaim November (insert year) as Lung Cancer Awareness Month in (your state / city), and urge (your state / city) citizens to join our effort to defeat lung cancer.