Smoking can cause lungs to look blackened, inflated, and inflamed, but some of the damage is reversible. Depending on the extent of the damage, it could take years for your lungs to regain a ...

If you continue smoking, the inflammation can build into scar tissue, which makes it harder to breathe. Sticky tar from tobacco builds up inside your lungs too. After years of smoking, it can give ...

Quitting smoking offers significant lung recovery, though some damage remains permanent, especially in long-term smokers in ...

After your final cigarette, your lungs start working to clean themselves. Some habits, like exercise and avoiding pollutants, may help support your lung health. If you’ve recently quit smoking ...

Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as ...

Cells taken from the lungs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a larger accumulation of ...

You're more likely to get lung cancer after radiation therapy if you're a long-term smoker who kept smoking after cancer treatment. In one study, the risk of dying from lung cancer after radiation ...