Radon and smoking are both known causes of lung cancer, but when someone is exposed to both, the results can be deadly.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women may be especially susceptible to the toxic effects of cigarette smoking, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They said women who smoke develop lung damage earlier in life than ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new study found that air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked, and can damage the organ in multiple other ways. The new study, published in Nature, ...

The term "smoker's lung" refers to lung damage caused by smoking cigarettes. Over time, the chemicals in cigarettes damage ...

Jeffrey Velotta, MD, FACS, attendee and presenter of CHEST Annual Meeting 2023, talks about the phenomenon of an increase in female, Asian, nonsmokers developing lung cancer, and what is being done to ...

Smoking marijuana in combination with cigarettes may lead to increased damage of the lung's air sacs, according to research being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of ...

According to a study performed at St Gallen Canton Hospital in Switzerland, women are more likely to suffer the consequences of long term smoking, and are more susceptible to developing lung cancer ...

The damage that smoking can do has been detailed quite thoroughly. Financially, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the average cost of a pack of cigarettes is $8.39, and a ...

Smoking can cause lungs to look blackened, inflated, and inflamed, but some of the damage is reversible. Depending on the extent of the damage, it could take years for your lungs to regain a healthy, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One third of people who breath in high levels of secondhand smoke have damage to their lungs similar to that seen in smokers, doctors reported on Monday. They used a special ...