My August 11, 2023, Lung-Cancer-Screenings Promotion Letter to My Two Utah State Lawmakers

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From: "John McMillan" <mcmillanj@att.net>

To: "Joel Briscoe" <jbriscoe@le.utah.gov>, "Angela Romero" <angelaromero@le.utah.gov>, "Mark A. Strong" <mstrong@le.utah.gov>, "Jplumb" <jplumb@le.utah.gov>, "Los Angeles Times" <newstips@latimes.com>, "Office of Gov. Spencer Cox" <govcomm@utah.gov>, "AMA Council on Science and Public Health" <csaph@ama-assn.org>, "Utah Medical Association 2021" <info@utahmed.org>, "Him-roi" <him-roi@umail.utah.edu>, "University of Utah Student Newspaper 2022" <press@chronicle.utah.edu>, "Deseret News 2022" <dnweb@deseretnews.com>, "jsweeney@sltrib.com" <jsweeney@sltrib.com>, "nbauer@abc4.com" <nbauer@abc4.com>, "Jennifer Gardiner" <jgardiner@abc4.com>, "Utah Restaurant Association 2022" <info@utahrestaurantassociation.org>, "Utah Public Radio 2022" <tom.williams@usu.edu>, "Utah State Univ Communications 2022" <ucom@usu.edu>, "Utah State University Provost 2022" <provost@usu.edu>, "Westminster College Provost 2022" <rbadenhausen@westminstercollege.edu>, "Westminster College Legal-Risk Mgment-Safety2022" <bbuckley@westminstercollege.edu>, "Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall 2021" <mayor@slcgov.com>, "County Council Member Bradshaw" <arbradshaw@slco.org>, "Salt Lake City (UT) City Council" <council.comments@slcgov.com>, "liam.anderson" <liam.anderson@mail.house.gov>, "Joel_wellum" <joel_wellum@lee.senate.gov>, "Internships" <internships@romney.senate.gov>, "public.affairs@hci.utah.edu" <public.affairs@hci.utah.edu>, "Utah League of Cities 2022" <lthrailkill@ulct.org>, "Utah League of Cities 2022" <lthrailkill@ulct.org>, "Utah League of Cities and Towns 2022" <swood@ulct.org>, "City Weekly (SLC, UT) 2022" <comments@cityweekly.net>, "Cyprus Credit Union" <shauna.denos@cypruscu.com>, "City Weekly (SLC, UT) 2022" <comments@cityweekly.net>, "Utah Educational TV 2022" <resources@uen.org>, "byu-info@byu.edu" <byu-info@byu.edu>, "IntermountainNews@imail.org" <IntermountainNews@imail.org>, "kristin.randall@hsc.utah.edu" <kristin.randall@hsc.utah.edu>, "contactus@imail.org" <contactus@imail.org>, "Utah Hospital Association 2021" <jill@utahhospitals.org>

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Sent: Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 5:39 PM

Subject: Promoting Increase in Utahns' Lung Cancer Screenings

August 11, 2023

Dear Utah State Representative Joel Briscoe and Utah State Senator as well as first-rate medical physician Dr. Jen Plumb,

It is great to sense  that each of you state officials  who directly represent me in the Utah Legislature are strong supporters of effective preventive-medicine  services for all Utahns.

The following is a key exactly quoted statement in a copyrighted November 15, 2022, online report by the American Lung Association (see online  link at bottom of this  letter):

"The 2022 'State of Lung Cancer' report shows that only 2% of Utah residents who are eligible have been screened for lung cancer. The American Lung Association’s 5th annual report, released today, highlights the toll of lung cancer in Utah and examines key indicators including new cases, survival, early diagnosis, surgical treatment, lack of treatment and screening rates."

The same 2022 report stated that only five U.S. states ranked lower than Utah in their level of participation in lung-cancer screening.

"Lung cancer screening with annual low-dose CT scans for those at high risk can reduce the lung cancer death rate by up to 20 percent. Nationally, only 5.8 percent of those at high risk were screened,"  the report stated.

State Rep. Briscoe and State Senator Plumb, do either of you honorable State of Utah legislators believe the Utah Legislature should allocate funds toward establishment of a statewide Lung Cancer Screening Benefits Education  Program aimed at persuading more of the applicable Utahn  ladies and men to agree to promptly get an imaging test on their own lungs?

Also, do either of you currently plan to author or sponsor a bill during the next Legislative session that  helps to increase the percentage of all applicable Utahns who have access to or are able to afford getting a screening test for lung cancer?

I hope to hear from you soon.

Best Wishes to each of you very influential state lawmakers  from permanent Utah resident John Kevin McMillan of Salt Lake City.

I became a permanent resident of Utah on January 1, 2023, after residing in Utah on a continuous basis ever since December 31, 2021.

I am a gainfully employed, polite and law-abiding, 

permanently alcohol-free (ever since 1990), lifelong-tobacco-free, clean-talking and non-profane, lifelong tattoo-less, single adult Anglo-Saxon white male adult constituent of each of you.

I  am very proud to add that I feel confident that my LDS member grandparents in Murray, Utah----Murray butcher shop owner Parley McMillan and his devoted  wife, Mrs. Alice Mae Pugh (maiden surname) McMillan---would have strongly supported freedom from lung cancer for all Utahns of today, with help from early-detection strategies.

My fully locked solo-occupancy studio-rental-apartment-unit  home address ever since June 1, 2022:

535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

My home phone: (801) 355-0850.

The link to the above factual information can be found at:

https://www.lung.org/media/press-releases/solc-2022-ut