Lung Cancer | Tobacco History

June 18, 2024

(Regarding this and Timmermann s previous book, with Elizabeth Toon, Cancer Patients, Cancer Pathways: Historical and Social Perspectives…

June 8, 2024

If you ve watched television over the last few years, you ve probably seen one or two of the more controversial anti-smoking ads that…

May 19, 2024

Because our lungs draw in and utilize the air from outside of our body, anything that we breathe in can affect their health. The most…

April 29, 2024

A closer look shows that from 1997 to 2004 there was a steady decline but then there was a plateau until 2009 when the current downward…

April 9, 2024

“Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of death in both men and women in the US, with over 158, 900 deaths in 1. Worldwide…

October 2, 2023

Cigarette smoking is the single greatest risk factor for lung cancer. There is a significant dose-response relationship between the…

September 22, 2023

Incidence and Mortality is the second most common cancer and the primary cause of cancer-related death in both men and women in the…

August 23, 2023

Among terminal diseases which humanity has not yet learned to treat, cancer is probably one of the most feared illnesses. Unlike AIDS…

June 24, 2023

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are battery operated products designed to turn nicotine and other chemicals into a vapor. You…

June 14, 2023

What s the difference between chewing and spit (or snuff) tobacco? Chewing tobacco ( chaw ) is usually sold as leaf tobacco, and users…

April 24, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - More Americans than ever want to ban smoking outright: 22% say so today, up from 12% in 2007. Separately, 55% would…

January 4, 2023

One of the common sayings in Indian country is that when our ancestors first gave tobacco to the European invaders, they knew it was…