News & Blog

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.
doctor ausculting a young girl
May 14, 2025
Canada should support a landmark WHO resolution addressing the alarming rise in both communicable and non-communicable respiratory diseases.

Media Release

Donna Cansfield
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

child with backpack
August 21, 2025
Learn about the asthma September spike in Canada and how it impacts students’ health during the school year.
Woman Hiking
August 19, 2025
Doctors say they’re seeing a growing number of non-smokers contracting lung cancer, warning Canadians to be aware of radon exposure.
Louise, My Lung Health Coach Participan: I'm alone up here..."
August 18, 2025
Living with COPD can feel isolated, especially for people in remote communities or those without regular access to specialized care. For Louise, a participant in the Lung Health Foundation’s My Lung Health Coach program, that isolation was very real.