Presidential Document2022-24169
National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, 2022
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November 3, 2022
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October 31, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24169]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 212 / Thursday, November 3, 2022 /
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Proclamation 10489 of October 31, 2022
National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we are
inspired by the courage and fight of the millions of
patients, survivors, caregivers, doctors, researchers,
and advocates battling this terrible disease--the
leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.
For the loved ones we have lost and all those we can
save, we recommit to investing in cutting-edge
screening, prevention, and treatments, making them more
affordable and effective, and uniting this country in
our movement to end cancer as we know it.
Over the past three decades, lung cancer case and death
rates have decreased dramatically nationwide--an
encouraging trend we owe largely to lower smoking rates
and improved immunotherapies that use the body's own
immune system to attack cancer. But lung cancer is
still an overwhelmingly tough diagnosis. Rural
communities have seen stubbornly high mortality rates,
driven in part by increased tobacco use, and Black men
are disproportionately likely to develop and die from
lung cancer. For the nearly quarter-million Americans
facing this diagnosis each year, the paralyzing fear of
what is to come, the onslaught of new information, and
the cost of new treatment can make the journey
daunting.
When I was elected, I was determined to supercharge our
Nation's work to cure cancer. The First Lady and I set
a goal of cutting the cancer death rate by half in the
next 25 years--boosting funding for breakthroughs,
turning more cancers from death sentences into chronic
diseases, and better supporting both patients and
caregivers. To achieve that, we reignited the Cancer
Moonshot that I began under President Obama in 2016,
convening our Nation's first-ever Cancer Cabinet. I
also launched the Advanced Research Projects Agency for
Health (ARPA-H). I had called for its creation as a
candidate for President; and after I was elected, I
brought Democrats, Republicans, and Independents in the
Congress together to invest $1 billion in its launch.
Modeled on the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency, the Pentagon program that has led to world-
changing technologies like the internet and GPS, ARPA-H
will have a singular purpose--to find breakthrough ways
to prevent, diagnose, treat, and cure cancer and other
diseases, and free us all to live healthier lives. We
could soon see vaccines that prevent cancer. Easy blood
tests that could detect it early. A simple shot,
instead of grueling chemo. The possibilities are
astounding. I also signed an Executive Order to help
ensure biotechnology invented in America is made in
America, so we will always have access to these life-
saving medications.
Meanwhile, my Administration is working to make current
lifesaving care more affordable. I signed the Inflation
Reduction Act, which caps prescription drug costs for
seniors on Medicare at $2,000 per year, including for
expensive cancer drugs. We are protecting and expanding
the Affordable Care Act, which requires insurance
companies to cover recommended cancer screenings and
primary care visits, and prohibits them from denying
coverage to cancer survivors or others with preexisting
conditions. In August, I signed the PACT Act to ensure
millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic
substances during their military service get the health
care and benefits
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that they and their families have earned. We are also
fighting to reduce people's exposure to carcinogens in
the first place. Because smoking is the leading cause
of lung cancer, the Food and Drug Administration
recently proposed a rule to ban menthol-flavored
cigarettes and flavored cigars that are popular among
first-time smokers, particularly children. The
Environmental Protection Agency is working to ban the
ongoing use of cancer-causing asbestos to protect
American workers and families. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention is helping cancer coalitions
across the country boost access to screening and
helping people quit smoking.
This month, I call on the private sector to continue
its search for new treatments and a cure for lung
cancer, to lower drug prices, to share more data to
improve patient outcomes, and to promote smoking
cessation. But there are also things that each of us
can do to fight lung cancer in our own lives. For many,
that starts with quitting smoking. You can reach a free
expert to help you quit right away at
<a href="http://BeTobaccoFree.gov">BeTobaccoFree.gov</a>, or by calling 877-44U-QUIT. Doctors
across my Administration recommend that anyone over 50
who has smoked a pack or more a day for many years and
currently smokes or has quit within the last 15 years
should get an annual lung cancer screening. Beating
cancer is not a red issue or a blue issue--it is
something that affects us all and that we can all do
together, drawing on the best talents, resources, and
grit that this country has to offer. I am unwilling to
postpone a cure.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2022
as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month. I call upon
the people of the United States to speak with their
doctors and health care providers to learn more about
lung cancer. I encourage citizens, government agencies,
private businesses, nonprofit organizations, the media,
and other interested groups to increase awareness about
what Americans can do to prevent, detect, and treat
lung cancer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
seventh.
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