Each Breath Blog
Breathing is essential to life, and through this blog, we hope to illustrate the importance of lung health. Hear directly from experts, researchers, staff and volunteers about our ongoing fight for healthy lungs and healthy air.
5 Tips to Get Through the Oscars without Smoking
Stretching out at more than four hours (or longer depending on your red carpet style), the Oscars have become a pop culture marathon. And if you're trying to stay smokefree, the Oscars - or any soiree - can make an evening feel even longer than usual Read More
Weather and Your Lungs
"What's the weather going to be today?" It's a frequent question that has larger implications for those with lung disease. Read More
Beards and Lung Health: A Lung Health Expert Weighs In
Beards are a hot trend that have a long-standing reputation for keeping you warm during the cold winter months. But that's not all. There are several claims online and in the media that beards are healthy and others that they are not. So what's a guy Read More
State of Tobacco Control: Answers to Your Burning Questions
Understandably there are many questions that come up when it comes to policies and regulations. So, we've put together a few answers to commonly asked questions about tobacco control from the authors of our "State of Tobacco Control 2016" report. Read More
Who Is Really Benefiting From the Tobacco Settlement Money?
You may or may not remember this, but there was a time when the tobacco industry even more openly and brazenly marketed tobacco products to our kids. It was then and continues today to be their business plan: they hook kids young, which can lead to a Read More
How your home may resemble a uranium mine
Your home and a uranium mine may have something in common. That something is radon, an invisible gas that causes lung cancer. Read More
Training Tips from the Top
Fight For Air Climbs are unique fundraisers. Prominent skyscrapers, stadiums or arenas provide the setting for a "vertical road race," where participants walk, run or race up hundreds of steps. It's a great way to challenge yourself physically. Read More
The Way Research Happens
It's often been said that the way research happens is serendipitous. One discovery opens the door to another, and that progression is what paves the way to better treatments and perhaps, someday, cures. Read More
Space Travel Obstacles?
Star Wars would have you believe that the greatest challenges to space travel is asteroids, lack of resources like water or fuel, or even the threat of unfriendly, intelligent alien life. But in reality, scientists are finding that the biggest obsta Read More
Why Is Quitting Smoking So Difficult? The Science Behind Addiction
It can take a smoker multiple quit smoking attempts before they are completely smokefree. But despite these struggles, we know quitting is worth it. Read More
