While lawmakers look to cut public health funding, health advocates are calling the tax increase a compromise years in the ...

Indiana lawmakers are working on passing a budget that would increase the state’s cigarette tax by $2 per pack. Lawmakers say ...

Cigarette smoking among US adults decreased by 6.8 million persons from 2017-2023, but this was offset by a 7.2-million-person increase in vaping.

According to the American Cancer Society, smoking tobacco is responsible for around 20 percent of all cancer cases and 30 ...

Learn why lung cancer led the drop in cancer mortality rates, but cancer forms related to obesity continue to rise.

The United States has seen progress in reducing certain cancer risks, as overall smoking rates remain on a decline. But for ...

Despite glossy ads and social media hype, vaping is fueling a new health crisis among youth—marked by cancer, coma and ...

Today, the American Lung Association released the 2025 “State of the Air” report, which reveals that Bozeman metro area (Gallatin County) was named 98th most polluted in the nation for particle ...

The American Lung Association’s newly released 2025 State of the Air report reveals worsening air quality in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH metro area, with increased ozone smog and ...

More than 100,000 future cancer cases were projected to result from the 93 million CT examinations performed in 2023, according to a study published April 14 in JAMA Internal Medicine.  Low-dose CT ...

Nearly half of patients diagnosed with cancer in 2023 had a history of smoking, and 15% were smokers at the time of their ...

Following a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and beans, while limiting consumption of red and processed meats, ...