I sent this out:
All these beautiful people
Some still with us
Some passed on,
Mothers and fathers
Sons and daughters
Husbands and wives,
Ask you to try
To identify their plague:
It kills more men each year
Than prostate cancer,
It kills more women each year
Than breast cancer,
It kills three times more people
Per year than AIDS.
Yet there aren't any public outcries,
There aren't any celebrity sponsors,
There aren't any fund raising marches.
The government allocates it 1/9th of
Funds to research as it does to other diseases,
Although they've made billions off its sources.
These people have to endure
"Second class citizen" status from doctors,
And horrible fatality rates.
Have you figured it out yet?
Lung Cancer is a merciless Killer.... To stop the death of innocent people, scientists need more funding. We also must stop blaming the victims of this horrible disease.
Please help to see that lung cancer gets the research funding and attention necessary to put an end to it's killing rampage!
Please help by forwarding this message to everyone on your email list to raise awareness for lung cancer awareness month. People must be aware that lung cancer is not just a disease of long time smokers. It is attacking more and more young non smokers. It is also a disease that NO ONE deserves. It is a vicious killer and robs families of young mothers and fathers, grandparents, aunts and uncles -any valuable relationship. Please help spread the word that we will no longer tolerate shoving the number one cancer killer in the closet.