Thinking of lung cancer causes can you only name smoking Doctors say air pollution is also a confirmed major and rising cases among non-smokers ...

(The Hill) – Exposure to air pollution, other contaminants and traditional herbal medicines may be contributing to the development of lung cancer in people who have little or no history of smoking, a ...

A recent appreciation of lung cancer in never smokers (LCINS) has raised concerns about global incidence and mortality. LCINS accounts for an estimated 25% of all lung cancers. Exposure to secondhand ...

Lung cancer cases are on the rise in non-smokers around the world, and air pollution could be an insidious, contributing factor. A genome study has now found that outdoor smog and soot are strongly ...

Lung cancer is tied to tobacco smoking in the public consciousness, but a significant proportion of cases are driven by factors like indoor and outdoor air pollution or ancestral genetic variants.

Pune: New global evidence now identifies air pollution as the second leading cause of lung cancer, prompting doctors to urge ...

Smoking can cause lung cancer. But not all smokers get lung cancer, and about 25% of all lung cancer patients have never smoked, showing that some other factors beyond just smoking are at work. New ...

Air pollution and traditional herbal medicines could be major risk factors contributing to the development of lung cancer in people with no history of smoking, a groundbreaking new study has found.

Health specialists are sounding the alarm about the increasing cases of lung cancer among non-smokers in India, particularly in Bihar, where intense air and groundwater pollution is rampant. The ...

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 ...

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a proposal that would weaken the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new ...