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The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer made the declaration at the outset of a major cancer meeting in Barcelona.

After finding a protein that smoking affects to drive head and neck cancer, investigators hope manipulating it will prove beneficial.

Some of the teens and young adults suffered severe lung damage after smoking e-cigarettes.

Researchers believe specially designed cancer care programs could prevent Black patients from being lost to care.

Research shows people with cancer who quit smoking respond better to treatment and are more likely to survive cancer.

As smoking rates decline, the proportion of lung cancer cases that are among never smokers is increasing.

Could this be true?

The FDA wants to help separate fact from fiction to when it comes to methods used to quit smoking.

The cancer death rate dropped by 27 percent over 25 years.

Both medical and psychosocial risk factors can increase a person’s likelihood of experiencing complications after cancer surgery.

People who smoke at the time they are diagnosed with cancer should quit; if only it was that easy.

The agency announces “forceful” new actions focused on retailers and manufacturers.

The draft guidance will outline ways to develop and label smoking-cessation aids to reduce the risk of relapse.

That’s compared with using patches, gum, lozenges, sprays, inhalers or a combination of such products.

Adolescents who first used e-cigarettes were four times more likely to begin smoking traditional cigarettes.