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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

COMMEMORATING MAY, 2017, AS "NATIONAL MELANOMA AWARENESS MONTH"

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Blazejewski, Shekarchi, Tanzi, Fogarty, and Edwards

     Date Introduced: May 30, 2017

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Skin cancer is a serious problem for people who spend significant time in

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the sun outdoors and/or from ultraviolet light from tanning beds; and

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     WHEREAS, Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer and the second most

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common form of cancer for young adults age 15-29; and

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     WHEREAS, Melanoma accounts for 5 percent of all skin cancers and for 71 percent of

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all skin cancer deaths; and

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     WHEREAS, Melanoma treatment costs approximately $3.3 billion annually in the United

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States. Advocacy, increased awareness, and screening will result in meaningful reduction of the

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burden of melanoma; and

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     WHEREAS, Melanoma rates have doubled in Rhode Island since 1991; and

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     WHEREAS, Members of The Partnership to Reduce Cancer in Rhode Island are

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diligently working to raise awareness about the dangers of sun exposure, to promote safe sun

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behaviors, to recognize and treat melanoma as early as possible, when it is still curable, and to

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accomplish the objectives within the 2013-2018 Rhode Island Cancer Prevention and Control

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Plan; and

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     WHEREAS, Across the country, the month of May is designated as National Melanoma

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Awareness Month; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations hereby commemorating May, 2017, as "National Melanoma Awareness

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Month" and encourages all residents to learn more about the prevention of melanoma and other

 

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skin cancers; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit two duly certified copies of this resolution to David Rousseau, Chair, Partnership to

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Reduce Cancer in Rhode Island.

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