Epidemiological studies have reported statistically significant relationships between long-term air pollution and mortality over the past 50 years, frequently without controlling for smoking. Smoking ...

Lung cancer (LC) is a disease with high global morbidity and mortality 1, and smoking is a major risk factor for its development 2. It is well known that the act of smoking, either direct or ...

For the first time, scientists have directly measured how smoking changes the mechanical behavior of human lung tissue. Published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, the study, directed by ...

As smoking rates fall, lung cancer in never-smokers (LCINS) represents an increasing share of lung cancer diagnoses. These cancers are frequently detected at a late stage, when they are less treatable ...

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 ...