Cigarette smoking: Even the occasional smoke raises blood pressure, constricts blood vessels and stresses the heart

Doctors warn that lung cancer is not only a smoker’s disease. Non-smokers are also at risk because of air pollution and genetics. Simple si...

Quitting smoking is the first big step for better health. After your last cigarette, your lungs slowly start to clean themselves. Breathing...

Researchers have used four-dimensional microscopy to create 3D video images of mouse lung tissue, revealing how lung resilience and healing...

Weak lungs impacts our respiratory system, leading to a shorter span of life. Following the right diet and being more active can protect ou...

The smoke from wildfires consists of hazardous pollutants that include toxic gases and particulate matter which can deeply impact health. H...

In 1987, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution calling for 7 April 1988 to be a "a world no-smoking day." Later in 1988, another re...

Smoking can cause considerable damage to your kidney.

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Smoking substantially worsens health outcomes for COVID-19 patients.

Using Nicotine Replacement Therapy can double your chances of quitting smoking (9)

In its document 'COVID-19 Pandemic and Tobacco Use in India', the ministry said experts have confirmed that smokers are more likely to deve...

Tobacco contains many chemical substances such as nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar and potential carcinogen.

On Lung Cancer Awareness Month, let's prevent the disease than finding ways to cure it.

Adults who on an average eat more than two tomatoes have a slower decline in lung function.

What is worrying is that majority men detected with lung cancer are married & almost 30% of them are in the working age group of 45-60.

Despite India's regulation on public smoking, 30 per cent adults are found exposed to second hand tobacco smoke at work, the study said.