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Amber Freeman is wrapping up Breast Cancer Awareness Month and starting in on Lung Cancer Awareness Month with the Markey Cancer Center, the Clark Clinic Oncology and Georgetown Cancer Clinic.

Adult the details coming up c1 3 there's several other races on the adlib on there's several other races on the ballot... including some u-s and there's several other races on the ballot... including some u-s and kentucky house seats...as well as some urban county council seats.

Bath..boyd..stanford and jessamine counties..all have a question about alcohol sales..within the county.

And frankfort and standford are also voting for mayor.

But there are also two big constitutional amendment items...all kentuckians can vote for.

One..is marsy's law... the amendment would protect the rights of victims of crime..

The other--asks about term limits for attorneys and judges in the commonwealth..

It asks if you are in favor of allowing them to serve 8 years instead of four..

The items on the ticket have been attracting americans and kentuckians to the polls... more than 96 million americans have voted early across the u-s.

In kentucky--- secretary of state michael adams say 84 percent of the total 20-16 voter count has cast their ballot early.

Election officials say while the number is a record for the state... in some counties..not enough people voted early to avoid long lines today.

The polls are open from 6:00 am - 6:00 pm the following locations are open forries, dunr center, lex senior morgan elementaries - absesure you bring your identification and to the polls today... thereeen sent in can be dropped off in ba forget to wea, havean election officer.

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Amber-host: thecancer center affili and georgetown cancer aborative efforts with the u uk markey cancer center affiliaeorgetown cancer centeients in central kentucky therging technt of october, which is bret cancer awareness month, and into noveelation between the two, and we want to talk about so members safe.

So of harrison, she's the markey ollins buchanan oncology market thank h for joining us today.

Miranda: thank you.

Erin- oncology ...: thanks for having us.

Amber-host: we are wrapping up breast cancer awareness month, which of course is important year long, it's not just october, but we're going into november, which is lung cancer awareness month.

Now erin, is there any correlation with a person smoking and potentially getting breast cancer?

Erin- oncology ...: according to breastcancer.org smoking causes a number of diseases and is linked to higher risk of breast cancer in younger premenopausal women.

Research has also shown that there may be a link between very heavy secondhand smoke exposure and breast cancer risk in post- menopausal women.

Smoking can also increase complications from breast cancer treatments such as damage to the lungs from radiation therapy, more difficulty healing after surgery and breast reconstruction, and also a higher risk of blood clots for those patients who are taking hormone replacement therapies.

Amber-host: wow.

So a lot of us know smoking is just not a good thing to do.

The research all indicates it's not healthy for us, but women may not understand that that correlation is right there with breast cancer, and so heavily influenced as well.

Do you have any tips for people that are just trying to quit smoking?

Erin- oncology ...: yes.

We are here to help those ladies and gentlemen who need help to quit smoking.

We offer american lung association freedom from smoking sessions, and those are led by our nurses and certified tobacco treatment specialist miranda harrison and diana .

These are held in either small groups or virtually now we're in 2020 and the pandemic, and these are seven week sessions.

And during these seven weeks we provide the following.

We help them learn to prepare to quit smoking, managing the stress during that time, avoiding weight gain, establishing a quit day, developing skills to maintain a smoke free lifestyle, and how to build a good support system to maintain that smoke free lifestyle.

Our next smoking cessation classes will start in 2021, those will be held through zoom, and to register or find more information about those programs they can call 316-5895.