Take Action on Radon is encouraging people who smoke to reduce their lung cancer risk.
SMOKING + RADON increases your risk of developing lung cancer to 33%.
Do you or someone you live with smoke cigarettes? Decrease your radon exposure to decrease your lung cancer risk. Take time to test the radon in your home today to decide if you need to reduce your radon exposure.
Want HELP to QUIT SMOKING?
Here are resources to help:
Smokers’ Helping page is a resource for anyone in Canada to find their local quitline , register for a quit coach or find additional information/support for quitting smoking.
In addition to listing all provincial/territorial phone numbers/websites/text support, quitlines that are run by CCS have a self-referral form, where people can request a call from SHL/TT/J’arette. This form is only available for people in Manitoba, BC, Saskatchewan, PEI and Ontario.
Find services closest to you with the Canadian Cancer Society’s Community Service Locator.
DECREASE your radon exposure.
Radon affects everyone living in your household, if you have high levels of radon, it is important to take action today!
- Order a radon test kit: Find a list of providers at takeactiononradon.ca
- Check your results: After 91 days, return the radon test to the lab and get your results. Understand your test results here.
- Take Action: If levels are high, reduce them! Find information on reducing high levels here.
Are you participating our testing program? Here are some quick links:
| RADON LEVEL | LIFETIME RISK OF LUNG CANCER | LIFETIME RISK OF LUNG CANCER IF YOU SMOKE |
|---|---|---|
| Under 100 Bq/m³ | 1% | 12% |
| 100-199 Bq/m³ | 1.5% | 15% |
| 200-599 Bq/m³ | 2% | 17% |
| 600 Bq/m³ and over | 4% | 26% |
Check out the Radon Game have fun and learn more about radon.
Want to share what you know about radon? Check out our Knowvember campaign, where you can tell others about radon and enter to win a prize.
Ready to quit smoking and want a chance for a free radon test kit? Check out our promotion in the month of November each year, where we have limited supply of free radon kits, you can sign up to have a free radon test shipped right to you.
1 in 3 people who smoke exposed to a lifetime of high radon will be diagnosed with lung cancer.
There are multiple factors that create a lung cancer risk:
- Smoking
- RADON
- outdoor air pollution
- physical inactivity
- poor nutrition
People who smoke have the highest risk of getting lung cancer, and radon increases that risk.
