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Lung cancer cases are increasing in people who have never smoked, especially in women, a new study by the World Health ...

Cigarette smoke causes cancer primarily by damaging the DNA. A new study that mapped these damages has revealed that the way ...

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Despite Singapore’s vaping ban, social media is flooded with posts that make vaping appear trendy and harmless. Yvette van der Eijk of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health explores the industry’s ...

Kentucky’s report card from the American Lung Association. Tobacco use takes an especially high toll in Kentucky, where smoking and lung cancer rates exceed those in the rest of the nation.

It damages the fibers that make up the walls of the alveoli, making them less elastic and unable to recoil when you exhale. This makes it hard to exhale carbon dioxide out of the lungs.