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Clinicians push state to require lung‑screening notices at points of tobacco sale to boost early detection
Summary
Lung‑cancer specialists and advocacy groups told the committee that adding a mandatory notice at points of tobacco sale and enshrining the state quit line as a screening resource would raise awareness among high‑risk people and increase screening rates.
A coalition of thoracic surgeons, medical oncologists, radiologists and patient advocates told the Joint Committee on Public Health that a simple information requirement at tobacco points of sale would increase awareness of lung‑cancer screening and save lives. Surgeons and oncologists said that while low‑dose CT screening reduces lung‑cancer mortality by 20–33 percent in randomized trials,…
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