Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lung cancer rates and deaths have fallen precipitously in recent decades overall — but diagnoses are rising for nonsmokers. (Getty ...

Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine released an article, “Tobacco Product Use among U.S. Adults, 2023–2024,” which shows a decline in smoking rates in the U.S. In response to this article, ...

LIMA — Pulmonologist Dr. Katie Capp warns her patients that cigarette smoke is the leading cause of preventable death ...

Lung cancer is tied to tobacco smoking in the public consciousness, but a significant proportion of cases are driven by factors like indoor and outdoor air pollution or ancestral genetic variants.

Researchers say that 1.2 million lung cancer deaths worldwide could be prevented over 70 years by banning the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to people born between 2006 and 2010.

While scientists are still far from understanding the root causes behind most cancers, there are instances in which particular human behaviors have been linked to the development of specific ...

ROCHESTER — Thursday, Nov. 14 is the Great American Smokeout, an initiative from the American Cancer Society spotlighting the decision to quit using cigarettes. "The decision to quit or want to start ...

Smoking isn’t just a lung issue, it’s a whole-body problem. The same toxic chemicals that damage the lungs also damage the bladder, pancreas, stomach, liver, mouth, and throat.

The American Cancer Society has unveiled a pioneering new snapshot of tobacco, smoking, and lung cancer in the U.S. The Tobacco Atlas is a website packed with scientific information and insights, but ...

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 ...