He this is our project on the BC lung association1The BC Lung Association

Helping people with lung cancer, and any other lung diseases since 1904.

The BC lung association is a group of non-profit and volunteer based health charity. 2We help there mission is simple to lead provincial and international lung health initiatives, and to prevent lung disease, help people with lung disease and promote lung health.

3Why you should helpOur people work at their best. To fund raise help people with any lung disease. In 2004 in the U.S approximately 150,000 people died from lung cancer alone. Another 100 million people world wide have asthma as well as 1 out of 5 homeless people die from tuberculosis within a year of be diagnosed. Shouldn't you be part of the change.The BC lung association depends on donations from the public to pay for lung health research, education, prevention and advocacy.4Smoking is bad!Did you know smoking kills 52 people a day in Australia.If you smoke 20 cigarettes a day for 16 years you have breathed in a kilo of tar into your lungs.Cigarettes have 40 know carcinogens.Every cigarette you smoke decreases your life expectancy by up to 8 minutes.Cigarette smoke contains over 4000 chemicals.

The people at the BC lung association are serious about smoking and how it is bad for you. They also heavily support the quit now service. (an online service to help smokers quit.)5Facts about usWe began as the anti-tuberculosis society in 1906. Tuberculosis was the #1 killer at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1978 they became the BC Lung Association.

they work closely with the Canadian lung association office as well as the other provincial lung associations. 6Our cause To help all that have lung diseasesHelp smokers quit and to promote non-smoking. Find a cure for lung disease.Clean our air. Support lung friendly activities and events.

Some of these events include: the stair climb for clean air, bicycle trek for life and breath and RBC grandfondo superteam. 7We are dedicated to maintaining life. Lungs for life,so that we can all breath.http://www.bc.lung.ca/association_and_services/about_us.htmlhttp://www.asthma.ca/corp/newsroom/pdf/asthmastats.pdfhttp://sciencedaily.com/reeased/2011/02/110216132038.htmlPictures from Google imagesThese are our sources for this project thank you