PRINTER'S NO. 1612
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 283
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY CULVER, TARTAGLIONE, MARTIN, BREWSTER, COMITTA,
BARTOLOTTA, PHILLIPS-HILL, BROWN, SCHWANK, J. WARD AND
MASTRIANO, MAY 17, 2024
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MAY 17, 2024
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the week of May 6 through 12, 2024, as "Women's Lung
2 Health Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Lung cancer, both small cell and non-small cell, is
4 the second most common cancer in women in the United States; and
5 WHEREAS, The lung cancer death rate in women has almost
6 doubled over the past 40 years; and
7 WHEREAS, For 2024, the American Cancer Society's estimate for
8 the diagnosis of new lung cancer in women in the United States
9 is approximately 118,270, with lung cancer resulting in 59,280
10 deaths of women in the nation; and
11 WHEREAS, The chance that a woman will develop lung cancer in
12 her lifetime is about 1 in 17, including both smokers and
13 nonsmokers; and
14 WHEREAS, White women are about 16% more likely to develop
15 lung cancer than Black women; and
16 WHEREAS, While women have lower rates of lung cancer than
17 men, the lung cancer rate among women has been dropping only
 1 during the past decade; and
2 WHEREAS, The American Lung Association celebrates 120 years
3 of impact in 2024 and leads the national initiative to defeat
4 lung cancer; and
5 WHEREAS, Public support for research funding will result in
6 new treatments and better methods of early detection; and
7 WHEREAS, Lung cancer screening saves lives and advocacy and
8 increased awareness will result in more high-risk individuals
9 getting screened; therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the week of May 6 through
11 12, 2024, as "Women's Lung Health Week" in Pennsylvania; and be
12 it further
13 RESOLVED, That the Senate encourage all residents of this
14 Commonwealth to learn more about the detection and treatment of
15 lung cancer.
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