Each Breath Blog
Breathing is essential to life, and through this blog, we hope to illustrate the importance of lung health. Hear directly from experts, researchers, staff and volunteers about our ongoing fight for healthy lungs and healthy air.
Why We All Need to Come Together and Fight for Healthcare Coverage
More than 32 million Americans have some kind of lung disease - asthma, COPD, lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis or others - and each of them know that when you struggle to breathe, that's all that matters. Read More
Is Enough Being Done to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use?
The American Lung Association's "State of Tobacco Control" 2017 report shows both the progress and failure of states and the federal government to prevent and reduce tobacco use. Read More
Where Does Your Donation Go?
Gifts to the American Lung Association come in many different forms - one-time donations, memorials, planned giving, funds raised through events, such as Fight For Air Climbs or LUNG FORCE Walks. No matter how you give, as good stewards, we are commi Read More
I Still Have Urges, But I'm Smokefree
I've never really liked smoking. I tried to quit more than a dozen times but I was addicted to the nicotine - so much so that I actually got addicted to nicotine patches. Read More
8 Tips to Quit Smoking for Good
If you or a loved one is thinking about quitting smoking, this is the year to quit for good with the right resources, and with family and friends cheering on. Read More
Happy Birthday, EACH Breath Blog
We've put together a few highlights from the past year, taking a look at some of the most popular posts and a few hidden gems you might've missed. Read More
2016 - The Year in Lung Health
Your lungs may not know it, but they just had a very important year! Looking back at 2016, we see a year of great change, challenges and progress in our mission to save lives by improving lung health and preventing disease. Read More
I've Quit So Many Things in My Life. Quitting Smoking Was the Hardest.
I've quit many things in my life but quitting smoking was the hardest. It's been eight years since I quit smoking and it blows my mind how much the smoke that I used to love bothers me so much now. Read More
Deadly December Smogs to Remember and Prevent
An episode of the show "The Crown" depicts the "Great Smog," a historic air pollution event in London, which caused widespread illness and an estimated 12,000 deaths. Unfortunately, those events aren't Netflix fiction or just vestiges of the past. Read More
E-Cigarettes - A Real Threat to Young People's Health
On December 8, the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a report on e-cigarette use by youth and young adults. This first-ever Surgeon General's report on e-cigarettes shatters the myth that e-cigarettes are harmless. Read More
