“Vaping remains a large issue in schools and among the teen population, and we can attribute that to the flavors and strategic marketing by Big Tobacco,” said Hali Rockow, Reality Check Coordinator.

To help families protect themselves from indoor air pollution, the American Lung Association is launching the Healthy Home, a customizable and interactive indoor air quality educational tool to help ...

By the time you take your first breath, your lungs have already undergone a fascinating transformation. From birth through childhood and on to adulthood, your lungs experience an amazing journey, ...

Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body, and is a main cause of lung cancer and COPD. It also is a cause of coronary heart disease, stroke and a host of other cancers and diseases.

Quitting smoking is hard work. These tips can help you on the path to success.

The air we breathe is filled with lots of things including gases and particles – Most are too small to see with the naked eye. Everything we breathe affects our health in different ways. Health ...

COPD is a long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. COPD includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It is often preventable and treatable, with resources to help manage symptoms and ...

Review our methodology for a full explanation of data sources and calculations utilized to assign grades for the air you breathe. The colors used in “State of the Air" are based on the Air Quality ...

Find resources created for and by the LGBTQ+ community to help you quit smoking or vaping. Get tips, tools and support tailored to your journey.

Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have laws in effect elevating smokers to a protected class. The American Lung Association does not support these types of laws.

Because HMPV commonly clears up on its own, treatment is mostly geared toward easing symptoms.

Crowd control agents, often referred to as "tear gas," are chemicals that cause skin, respiratory, and eye irritation. Some of the most common chemicals used are chloroacetophenone (CN)—which is a ...