low-grade infection / particular disease / lung cancer epidemic / vascular diseases / male COPD / obstructive pulmonary disease / Asthma Asthma / flu / unusual disease / Lung diseases / female breast cancer / Heart Disease / carcinoma / chest infections / larynx Asthma / melanoma / injury / both diseases / long-term lung disease / each year COPD / respiratory diseases / chronic bronchitis / wheezing / lung cancers / asthma / bronchogenic carcinoma / cancers / common asthma / Australia Respiratory disease / pneumonia / Chronic respiratory diseases / Cancer / disease / Asthma SA / shortness of breath / children developing asthma / Emphysema / serious disease / Chronic / stroke / coughing / viral infections / emphysema Lung cancer / lung cancer / chronic disease / diseases / Chronic diseases / chronic obstructive lung disease / Inflammation / Ex-smokers’ lung cancer / respiratory disease / childhood asthma / /
Organization
National Health and Medical Research Council / US Department of Health and Human Services / Office on Smoking and Health / Australasian Association of Cancer Registries / Yale / Public Health Service / Australian Lung Foundation / Australian Institute of Health and Welfare / American Council on Science and Health / Department of Health / /
Person
Aboriginal Australians / /
Position
Assistant Secretary for Health / Walker / Governor / Surgeon General / /
Smoking & lung disease How the lungs work We all need to take in oxygen to stay alive. Breathing is the process where we inhale oxygen, and exhale (breathe out) carbon dioxide, a waste gas produced by the body. Usually,