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Rise in Late-Stage Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers Highlights Need for Awareness and Screening

September 5, 2025

As the rates of late-stage lung cancer in nonsmokers rise in Canada, researchers are advocating for increased awareness and screening.

Doctors are seeing more non-smokers, especially women, with later-stage lung cancer

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.

Lung Health Foundation Encouraged by Ontario’s $1.8 Billion Primary Care Investment and Hopes Vital Respiratory Services Will Be Included

August 4, 2025

As Ontario commits $1.8 billion to expand access to team-based primary care, the Lung Health Foundation (LHF) is calling on the government to take a vital next step: ensure that Respiratory Therapists and Certified Respiratory Educators (CREs) are included in these frontline care teams.

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Lung Health Foundation: New Evict Radon National Study Report Underscores ‘Urgent Need for Canada-Wide Advocacy’ to Reduce Dangerous Radon Levels in Canadian Homes

October 23, 2024

The Lung Health Foundation (LHF), the premier resource on lung health for all Canadians, is urging all Canadians to act on findings presented in the 2024 Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Exposure in the Residential Buildings of Urban and Rural Communities, issued today by the Evict Radon National Study.

“A meaningful first step in acknowledging decades of harm”: Lung Health Foundation Applauds Landmark $32.5 Billion Legal Settlement Against Tobacco Companies

October 18, 2024

On October 17, news broke that all 10 provinces and three territories would benefit from a landmark $24.8 billion settlement against JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc., and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. Meanwhile, a mediator-lead settlement would award further billion dollar compensation to several class-action lawsuits in Quebec.

Chasing Gold or Just Living Your Everyday Best: Lung Health Foundation and Olympian Maggie Mac Neil Team to Inspire Canadians to Make Daily Lung Care a Top Priority

July 17, 2024

Ready. Set. Breathe, Canada. Something exciting is in the air as the Lung Health Foundation (LHF) teams with Olympic champion and lung health advocate Maggie Mac Neil for a “breathtaking” multi-platform national awareness campaign just in time for the Paris Summer Games. Canada’s trusted go-to public resource for lung health has partnered with the 100m butterfly gold medalist – one of 3.8 million Canadians who live with asthma – to make waves showcasing how our lungs are the real champions of athletic excellence, and of life’s everyday moments.