Protected: Why quitting smoking is the best and safest way to lung health

Dublin born and bred ex-firefighter Rory Mooney has survived two cases of lung cancer and a stroke. With the loving support of his wife Marion, Rory continues to live by the mantra ‘cancer is a word, not a sentence’.

The lungs are essential for life and all of us at one time or another have experienced breathlessness, a common and often chronic and disabling symptom for people with respiratory disease. The Irish Thoracic Society, the national organisation representing respiratory healthcare professionals on the island of Ireland, recently published ‘Respiratory Health of the Nation’, a … Continued