Like smoking tobacco, smoking weed or cannabis can also have damaging effects on the lungs, although research on the subject is not as clear-cut. Smoking is one of the biggest threats to lung health.

Cigarette waste may fuel antibiotic resistance, creating new health and environmental risks. Discover the hidden dangers.

"The waste included paints, solvents, human and medical waste ... "There are a number of potential causes of lung cancer — smoking, pollution, radon exposure and genetics, for example," Salgia ...

Imagine reading this warning on a cigarette package: Smokers with a particular mutation have a dramatically higher risk of developing lung cancer. Would you get tested for this mutation?

The interdisciplinary and international research group also shows that smoking increases the spread of resistant bacteria in the human lung. The study is published in the journal Environmental ...

Cigarette smoking is by far the biggest risk factor for lung cancer, data shows — but ... "The waste included paints, solvents, human and medical waste, trash, and plastics that were ignited ...

Antibiotic resistance is a major global health problem: it implies that vital drugs are no longer effective. A study led by researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology at TUD Dresden University of ...