Sharon Begley died of complications of lung cancer on Jan. 16, just five days after completing this article. She was a never-smoker. Breast cancer wouldn’t have surprised her; being among the 1 in 8 ...

If you’ve never smoked a cigarette before, you might assume you’re safe from developing lung cancer. Unfortunately, recent statistics indicate that you can be diagnosed with the disease even if you’ve ...

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Simon Chapman is a (non-funded) Chief Investigator on a NHMRC 3 year project grant examining unassisted smoking cessation. As smoking continues its inexorable southward journey toward single-digit ...