CANCER in NEPA

[CVP]

Originally Posted by Jungle George

When we were driving up north, we stopped at a gas station/food place in SC. When we walked in, I smelled cigarette smoke. I told Bill the employee better close the door, 'cause their smoke's coming inside.

We walked up to the counter & there was an older woman manning the front, cigarette dangling on her lower lip!!

Also, on the way home we ate at Cracker Barrel in NC. We went to be seated & were asked "smoking or non?"!!

Guess it's different in tobacco country....

I used to live in NEPA and now live in Charlotte, NC. Even "tobacco country" is about to become smoke-free. A bill has been introduced by lawmakers banning smoking in public buildings and is expected to pass soon. I know many are rooting for it!

As far as the cancer rate in NEPA, the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute, located in Scranton, studies local incidence and mortality rates. Here is a link to their research:
Epidemiology Research (http://www.cancernepa.org/web/professionals/search/home.asp - broken link)

[lubi570]

The biggest cause I think is Radon in the homes. Where I bought a home they withheld this fact and I had to seal all the cracks and openings in the basement. On Long Island I lost both parents to cancer and lived in a cottage like home that only had a crawl space so we lived over Radon gas. Fortunatly I moved to PA in 1985 so I was not to exposed as my parents. And where I grew up in Queens NY, we lived in the finished basement and first floor that probebly had high levels of Radon also.