Smoke is Cancer When you burn you kill You poison yourself your family your children your pets your neighborhood and your environment Open burning causes cancer There is not one logical reason that this practice continues There are many ecological ways to rid your yard of waste Not so fun facts 2 of 5 of all American men will get cancer 1 of 3 American women 1 in 14 will be diagnosed with lung cancer Each year 228000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer Only 17 of lung cancer victims survive 5 years Most cancers are preventable Donx27t turn this In to this Learn not to burn. Lung cancer accounts for more deaths than any other cancer in both men and women. An estimated 158080 deaths are expected to occur in 2016 accounting for about 1 in 4 cancer deaths in America Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide accounting for 1. 8 million new cases and 1.