While many associate smoking primarily with lung problems, the reality is far more comprehensive—tobacco smoke damages nearly every organ system in the human body. The chemical assault begins ...

Smoking is dangerous to your health. It can harm nearly every organ in your body and increase your risk of certain health conditions like glaucoma, cancer, and lung disease. It can also increase ...

Imagine reading this warning on a cigarette package: Smokers with a particular mutation have a dramatically higher risk of developing lung cancer. Would you get tested for this mutation?

Coronavirus attacks vulnerable pathways in the lungs of smokers and patients with COPD, a new study suggests. Those with COPD or who currently smoke have a greater amount of an enzyme that ...

Pig lungs are used for demonstration. “This is an example of a smoker’s lung. This is specifically smoking cigarettes. So, you can tell the difference between a healthy lung compared to a ...

What’s more, he added, “she has never smoked.” This Non-Smoker Was Diagnosed with Lung Cancer At 24 — She’s Now Living with One Lung Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in ...

Of the 62 lung cancer patients, 23 were tobacco smokers (lung cancer associated with tobacco [LCT] group), 24 were exposed to wood smoke (lung cancer associated with wood smoke [LCW] group), and ...

Most people know that there are massive health benefits to quitting smoking, many of which start almost immediately. Forty-eight hours after your last cigarette all carbon monoxide and most ...