Lung Cancer Awareness Month calls for earlier action

Brits have been urged to protect themselves against lung cancer by getting persistent coughs or chest pains checked out by a doctor.

As part of this year's Lung Cancer Awareness Month, the public are being encouraged to do what they can to reduce their risk.

Figures show that smokers are 15 times more likely to die from lung cancer than non-smokers.

Jonathan Chetland, from Somerset NHS Stop Smoking Service, said: "More than one in two of all lifelong smokers will die from their habit through diseases such as lung cancer.

"70 per cent of smokers want to quit. Many smokers have tried to unsuccessfully quit on their own and have been put off trying again."

The campaign is supported by Macmillan and the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.

Lung cancer is still accountable for one in seven new cancer cases in the UK. An estimated 1.3 million new patients are diagnosed every year worldwide.

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