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G G. Air pollution is a serious health threat.

Dianna L. This is about my severe asthma and moderate COPD. Next month I will have my annual breathing test and let the pulmonologist tell me what stage I am in. I haven't smoked cigarettes in 10 years!

Bryan L. On calm, clear winter nights, our town fills with blue smoke from woodstoves and fireplaces. My eyes burn, head aches and I awake with severe congestion. Some years this happens a few times, but this past year it happened for two months straight.

Brennah R. I'm Brennah and I am a current Oregon Kid Governor Cabinet member. My platform is Air Pollution.

R B. I’ve had asthma as a child. I’ve lived in small “towns” which by the most recent census rules are our ally urban areas most of my life except for a few years in elementary in the late 80s and early 90s when we lived in round rock and Austin, TX.

Rona W. My journey has been one of hope, gratitude, and self-advocacy.

Isabella C. On my fourteenth birthday, a family friend gifted me a “learn how to knit” set.

Glenna M. My Lung Force Hero story is written on behalf of my family, as lung cancer has had a profound impact on us and has become our family’s legacy.

Regina B. I started smoking at 17 and smoked for the next 18 years. I quit in April 2007, at the request of my 12 year old daughter.

Jenny W. My lung story is multifaceted. I have served as a minister for over twenty years.

Nancy S. Hearing the word cancer is scary – hearing the diagnosis of lung cancer was terrifying.

Monique F. It was the summer of 1979. I was 4 years old and my maternal grandfather, daddy as we called him succumbed to his battle with lung cancer.

Lizzie B. August 2015 changed our lives forever: my mother, Candice Warren, was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer.

Nelson C. My Dad and I lost my mom to lung cancer.

Alonzita H. On February 12, 2021, I was diagnosed with stage three squamous lung cancer. It impacted my life in many ways.