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We hardly ever stop to take a breath! Keep up-to-date with the Lung Health Foundation’s latest news.

LHF in the News

February 11, 2026
Canada’s healthcare crisis is usually described in familiar terms: long wait times, overcrowded emergency rooms, and not enough doctors and nurses. Governments respond with equally familiar promises: more hospital beds, more staff, more funding. Of course, these investments are necessary. But they are no longer sufficient.
January 27, 2026
Each January, millions of Canadians set New Year’s resolutions to improve their physical and mental health. For many, that means trying once again to quit smoking or vaping. The intentions are good, but the struggle to quit an addictive substance is real. Tobacco addiction remains one of the leading causes of preventable disease and death in Canada, and for too long we have treated this as an individual challenge rather than a national policy issue.
January 18, 2026
This National Non-Smoking Week, the Lung Health Foundation invites you to to reflect, learn, and support one another on the path toward better lung health. Whether you currently smoke, are thinking about cutting back, or have already started your quit journey, this week is about encouragement—not pressure.

Media Release

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June 10, 2020
The Black Lives Matter movement has inspired the Lung Health Foundation to work harder to address inequality in respiratory care.
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June 1, 2020
After months of consistent patient advocacy, the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board (PMPRB) has announced that they will delay the implementation of their pricing guidelines until January 2021.

Blog

February 20, 2025
Thousands of Ontarians are dying needlessly because their lung disease wasn’t caught early, they couldn’t access the right specialists or they lacked treatment options.
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February 4, 2025
Formally announced on World Cancer Day, the Cancer Research Society Lung Cancer Translational Research Grant will soon fund an urgently needed research project in partnership with the Lung Health Foundation
This World Cancer DAy
February 3, 2025
This World Cancer Day, Pfizer Canada ULC, together with Rethink Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer Canada, Lung Health Foundation, Lung Cancer Canada, and the Quebec Lung Association, is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of a series of grants to help advance oncology care and innovation in Canada. The competitive grants are awarded for proposals that aim to improve the quality of cancer care for Canadians living with metastatic cancer such as non-small cell lung cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer or breast cancer.