American Cancer Society aims to promote lung cancer prevention

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) – The American Cancer Society is taking part in Cancer Action Day by bringing volunteers together to make lung cancer policy a priority. 

More than 50 patients, survivors and caregivers from Tennessee are in Nashville to ask legislators for help with funding. 

Volunteers are asking that $13 million of the state’s tobacco control program go toward educating students on the dangers of smoking. 

They say that in 2024, nearly 45,000 people will receive a cancer diagnosis. 

“It is an important cause, even from a cancer standpoint. In lung cancer prevention, getting people to stop smoking is such an important thing. We are in Nashville to raise awareness and make sure funding is available for all of the people in the state of Tennessee,” said Scott Stevenson, Volunteer with American Cancer Society Action Network. 

The American Cancer Society is also encouraging the public to help raise awareness in an effort to reduce smoking in Tennessee.