What you need to know about COPD

Did you know that November is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) awareness and lung cancer awareness month? Did you know that smoking is the number one risk factor for both COPD and lung cancer? If you smoke, find a way to quit! Within two weeks to three months of quitting smoking, your lung function improves and your risk of developing lung cancer drops by half within 10-15 years. If you don’t smoke, don’t start.