 At Audiology Associates at Prestonsburg, you can live your life the way you want and find the freedom of better hearing. With 40 years of being in the hearing care industry, you'll experience patient care that is specific to you with exceptional follow-up care that ensures your hearing and balance needs are being met. Audiology Associates at 1428 Northlake Drive in Prestonsburg. November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, which works to raise awareness about early screening and preventative measures. We spoke to Public Health Director Tammy Riley about the importance of raising awareness. Lung Cancer Awareness Month is so important to Pot County residents because early stage awareness and diagnosis is so important. The outcomes are so much improved with an early diagnosis. So, raising awareness of risk factors and how to get early detection or how to seek early detection if you have one of the high risk factors. The number one risk factor for lung cancer is smoking and nearly one in three Pot County residents are smokers. My number one advice would be, you know, don't start smoking and if you are a smoker quit as soon as possible. The Pot County Health Department has the freedom from smoking. American Lung Association approved curriculum for smoking cessation. The program is completely free for Pot County residents and includes nicotine replacement products if you are a participant. Julie Cheney heads that program and they would just need to call the health department to get registered for our next cohort. We did have one cohort that started in October, but we'll have another one in the near future. So, we want to get as many Pot County residents that are smokers to consider cessation. For more information, go to Pike County Health Department on Facebook. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.