You can help lower your risk of lung cancer in the following ways – Don’t smoke. The most important thing you can do to prevent lung cancer is to not start smoking, or to quit if you smoke; Avoid secondhand smoke. Make your home and car smoke-free; Get your home tested for radon; Be careful at work. Health and safety guidelines in the workplace can help workers avoid carcinogens—things that can cause cancer by screening which means testing for a disease when there are no symptoms or history of that disease.