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Prevention

Avoiding the possible causes may help prevent SPN formation. Possible avoidable causes include the following:

• Smoking: For information about how to quit smoking, visit the following links:  
  
  
  • National Cancer Institute, Clearing the Air, Quit Smoking Today
  
  
  
  • American Lung Association, Quit Smoking
  
  
  
  • Smokefree.gov 
  
  
  
  • Quitnet
     
• Traveling to areas endemic for mycosis (eg, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis) or to areas with a high prevalence of tuberculosis



• Occupational exposure to risk factors for lung cancer (eg, asbestos, radon, nickel, chromium, vinyl chloride, polycyclic hydrocarbons)