For the 2026 New York State (NYS) legislative year, the American Lung Association in New York has reaffirmed their advocacy and support for the “Hazardous Air Quality Emergency Preparedness Bill” ( ...

EPA is working on repealing major air‑pollution rules for fossil‑fuel power plants, including weakening protections against mercury and other toxic emissions.

The New York State Cancer Consortium’s Lung Cancer Screening Action Team in partnership with the American Lung Association in New York, is honored to announce the creation of the Trevor Summerfield ...

Currently, Iowa has a $1.36 per pack tax on cigarettes, which is well below the national average. The tobacco tax increase IHI proposed would help 9,400 adult Iowans quit, prevent 2,500 Iowa kids from ...

Winter Olympians face a number of challenges as they chase Olympic gold. But one of their greatest opponents, that is rarely ...

This month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its repeal of the Endangerment Finding, the agency’s ...

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its repeal of the Endangerment Finding, EPA’s longstanding, science-based finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health and ...

April marks National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month, and the American Lung Association is kicking it off by offering free lung cancer screenings to District residents in Southeast ...

In response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s release of the final rule today to roll back the updated limits on mercury and air toxics from power plants finalized in 2024, American ...

Growing up in a chaotic, violent and abusive household, Ava lived in a state of constant anxiety. Since her mother had been unable to raise her, she lived with her aunt and uncle, who both smoked.

About a decade later, the U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce (USPSTF) issued updated guidelines recommending annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT for adults ages 50 to 80 years with a 20 ...

Despite all we know about the dangers of tobacco use, new products are constantly entering the market and luring teens into using them. Social media glamorization, peer pressure and misunderstanding ...