Read more lung cancer stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1302/lung-cancer.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:03:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71450/smokers-lungs-kill-war-hero-transplant-patient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British war hero died of a cancerous tumor after receiving "dud" lungs from a heavy smoker in a transplant operation, his wife complained in an inquest. After Iraq vet Corp. Matthew Millington was diagnosed with an incurable lung disease, he was given lungs from a dead man who had...http://www.newser.com/story/71450/smokers-lungs-kill-war-hero-transplant-patient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 3:10:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56638/urine-test-predicts-smokers-lung-cancer-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA chemical detectable in urine can help predict which smokers are prone to lung cancer, NPR reports. A 10-year study of 500 smokers found that those with the highest levels of nicotine and NNAL—created as the body metabolizes tobacco—were 8.5 times more likely to develop cancer. Researchers...http://www.newser.com/story/56638/urine-test-predicts-smokers-lung-cancer-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 3:45:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54867/supreme-court-refuses-philip-morris-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBig business once hoped that the Supreme Court would use a tobacco lawsuit bouncing around the court system since 1999 to clamp down on the awarding of punitive damages. Instead, the AP reports, the Supreme Court gave a one-sentence order refusing to hear an appeal of a $79.5 million...http://www.newser.com/story/54867/supreme-court-refuses-philip-morris-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 10:19:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52309/winston-man-dies-of-cancer-amidst-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlan Landers, the one-time face of Winston cigarettes, has died at 68 of lung and throat cancer in the middle of a multi-million dollar legal action against his former employers, the Guardian reports. Landers, who was to testify next month, was among about 9,000 Florida smokers suing cigarette companies...http://www.newser.com/story/52309/winston-man-dies-of-cancer-amidst-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 13:55:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50757/addiction-led-to-smokers-death-jury.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAddiction to cigarettes caused chain smoker Stuart Hess’ death from lung cancer, a Florida jury ruled yesterday, paving the way for his widow to receive damages from Phillip Morris. The case is the first of 8,000 to spin out of a landmark 1994 class-action suit. That case's $145 billion...http://www.newser.com/story/50757/addiction-led-to-smokers-death-jury.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Feb 2009 11:38:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49132/john-updike-dies-at-76.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, prolific man of letters, and erudite chronicler of sex, divorce, and other adventures in postwar America, died today of lung cancer at age 76. A literary force who frequently appeared on best-seller lists, Updike penned novels, short stories, poems, criticism, the memoir Self-Consciousness , and...http://www.newser.com/story/49132/john-updike-dies-at-76.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 12:39:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46507/quit-smoking-yes-we-can.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama is about to become the nation's smoker-in-chief, and anti-smoking advocates are hopeful he'll become a powerful example for other smokers if he finally manages to kick the habit. He has quit several times but so far has always gone back to smoking up to eight cigarettes a day,...http://www.newser.com/story/46507/quit-smoking-yes-we-can.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Dec 2008 10:29:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44873/cancer-will-be-worlds-no-1-killer-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCancer will surpass heart disease as the world’s preeminent killer by 2010, Reuters reports. A WHO study concluded that cancer cases will double between 2000 and 2020, and almost triple by 2030, largely because of increased tobacco use in developing countries. In men, who are more likely to contract the...http://www.newser.com/story/44873/cancer-will-be-worlds-no-1-killer-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 17:11:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43657/cancer-cases-deaths-drop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCancer researchers reported a good-news milestone today: Both the number of new cases and the number of cancer deaths are declining for the first time, USA Today reports. Scientists gave most of the credit to a drop in the number of smokers. “By preventing smoking, you can give someone 10...http://www.newser.com/story/43657/cancer-cases-deaths-drop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Nov 2008 18:02:45 CST