Not just a smoker’s disease: Why COPD is catching up with non-smokers too

COPD is no longer solely a smoker's illness. Urban pollution, indoor cooking smoke, and even genetics contribute to rising ...

Young non-smokers face increasing lung cancer diagnoses, experts highlight radon risk

The troubling trend of younger people being diagnosed with cancer. Lung cancer is one we're seeing more of in young people who've never smoked. Christy Houvouras, 37, is one of them. A few months ago, ...

Lung cancer increasingly affecting young, non-smoking women, experts say

Nearly 20% of new lung cancer cases now occur in people who have never smoked, with women representing the majority.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Lung cancer increases in non-smoking women baffle scientists

After receiving a lung cancer diagnosis, Christy Erickson of Macon resolved to live out her fantasy of pulling a UPS truck in a Strongman competition. “Part of me just decided that I have to use the ...

How a broken limb led to a non-smoker's lung cancer diagnosis a decade later

Leslie Stoll was an active athlete who had never smoked. She was shocked when a chance scan spotted something unusual.
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Venetian, Palazzo change smoking policy. Critics call it a smokescreen

The Venetian and Palazzo are modifying their table game smoking policies to something similar to what Wynn Resorts Ltd. has been doing for years. But representatives of Americans for Nonsmokers’ ...
Drexel University

'Non-Smoking' Doesn't Mean Smoke-Free — Drexel Study Finds Third-Hand Smoke Spreads Inside

Despite decades of indoor smoking bans and restrictions, new research from Drexel University suggests the toxins we’ve been trying to keep out are still finding their way into the air inside. Findings ...