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 ...

After your final cigarette, your lungs start working to clean themselves. Some habits, like exercise and avoiding pollutants, may help support your lung health. If you’ve recently quit smoking ...

As wildfires blaze across California, here is how inhaling smoke could affect your health, from itchy eyes to dementia risk.

Vaping affects the amount of oxygen being taken in by the lungs, regardless of whether it contained nicotine, according to a ...

A study reveals childhood smoking significantly increases COPD risk in adulthood, highlighting the need for targeted ...

Quitting smoking is crucial for better health. Benefits start within minutes. Heart rate and blood pressure drop. Lung ...

However, the American Cancer Society suggests the body begins to repair damage almost immediately when a person stops smoking cigarettes. Lung function starts to improve 2 weeks to 3 months after ...

Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer in the UK after breast cancer, with smoking and passive smoking causing nine out of ten lung cancers. Although men are more likely to be ...

Childhood smoking before age 15 increases a person's risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ...