We hardly ever stop to take a breath! Keep up-to-date with the Lung Health Foundation’s latest news.
LHF in the News
July 28, 2025
Ontario’s $1.8 billion investment in primary care is a crucial step but we must integrate specialized lung health expertise to address the silent epidemic of respiratory illness, says an expert from the Lung Health Foundation.
May 14, 2025
Canada should support a landmark WHO resolution addressing the alarming rise in both communicable and non-communicable respiratory diseases.
Media Release
July 3, 2024
The Lung Health Foundation (LHF) (lunghealth.ca), Canada’s leading non-profit lung health organization, today announced new appointments to its Board of Directors, reinforcing its commitment to improving lung health for all Canadians.
May 31, 2024
In alignment with World No Tobacco Day, the Lung Health Foundation has partnered with Ontario’s Public Health Units to introduce the Brief Conversations Toolkit, a robust bilingual online resource that aims to shrink the unprecedented youth vaping crisis in Canada by increasing brief contact intervention (BCI) knowledge and application among those who work with or care for the nation’s youth.
May 15, 2024
On the frontlines: Our mobile smoking & vaping quit app Quash is hitting 100+ Ontario high schools this spring.
Blog
October 27, 2025
Lung cancer is still the leading cause of cancer-related death in Canada. About 1 in 14 Canadians will be diagnosed with lung cancer at some point in our lives. While the statistics are sobering, Lung Cancer Awareness Month is about so much more than statistics.
October 24, 2025
As the weather cools, flu season begins, and so does the risk of respiratory illness.
October 7, 2025
Dr. Vaibhav Gupta, a Canadian thoracic surgeon with advanced robotic surgery training and a PhD in public health, joins the Lung Health Foundation as Chief Medical Advisor.
