11/20/2025
Today is the Great American Smokeout - an annual event sponsored by the American Cancer Society encouraging Americans to quit smoking.
The Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative reports lung cancer is
the second most common cancer for both men & women in the U.S. (not including skin cancer). In Wisconsin, approximately 4,400 new cases are diagnosed annually, and more than 2,590 people die from the disease each year.
Lung cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer deaths, accounting for 1 in 5 of all cancer deaths in the U.S. In Wisconsin, lung cancer deaths outnumbered all colon, breast, and prostate cancer deaths combined.
For more information or resources to help quit smoking, visit:
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/tobacco/great-american-smokeout.html