Lung cancer affects many non-smokers, especially women, due to factors like secondhand smoke and environmental pollutants.

Indians suffer from high rates of lung ... heavy traffic Minimize exposure to airborne pollutants at work like construction, ...

When this gets trapped, smokers cough it up. It also causes direct lung cell damage, which makes it more difficult to inflate and deflate the lungs, leading to breathlessness. 'Once you start ...

A new study from the University of Otago has provided fresh insights into how smoking cannabis and tobacco impacts the lungs.

can damage the lungs. Some people also have a genetic predisposition for lung cancer.” We also published the following articles recently Air pollution a cause for lung cancer among non-smokers ...

Bryant Lin has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer despite never smoking in his life. The oncologist, per the Stanford Medicine blog Scope, was diagnosed with non-small cell cancer — also ...

57-year-old Melanie Erwin is not the stereotypical lung cancer patient. Myths still perpetuate that it’s a disease that affects smokers, the elderly and those exposed to heavy pollution ...

However, some lung damage remains in former smokers, and risk remains higher than in individuals who never smoked, even after prolonged periods of complete smoking cessation. That said ...