Recreational use of marijuana has gained a lot of momentum since Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize it in 2012. According to a recent poll by Gallup, roughly 15 percent of ...

This is the time when people make their New Year’s resolutions and the American Lung Association (ALA) is encouraging people ...

Bolivian crocidolite was used in approximately 13 billion Kent Micronite cigarette filters, manufactured from March 1952 ...

CHICAGO, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Currently, 16.4% of adults in the U.S. use at least one tobacco or nicotine product such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes or nicotine pouches. Nicotine is extremely ...

Not smoking is still the best way to lower your risk of lung cancer. But doctors are seeing something unexpected: more people who have never smoked are being diagnosed with the disease. “It’s ...

Eleanor Ceres found out she had lung cancer after the tumor spread from her chest and began protruding out her neck. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Ceres has been smoking for over 30 ...

Many factors can increase your risk of lung cancer. Some are controllable, like smoking, while others aren’t, like your medical history. Knowing the controllable risk factors might help you reduce ...

Exposure to air pollution, other contaminants and traditional herbal medicines may be contributing to the development of lung cancer in people who have little or no history of smoking, a new study has ...

Pennsylvania has seen improvement over the past five years in the diagnosis rate and survivability of lung cancer, but more can be done. These are among the trends examined in the American Lung ...