Scientists believe that air pollution could be a major cause behind the rise in global lung cancer cases in people that have never smoked.

Lung cancer remains a leading cause of cancer death globally, with a significant rise in cases among non-smokers attributed to air pollution, according to a recent WHO study. The study highlights the growing prevalence of adenocarcinoma linked to air pollution,

A recent study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine revealed an increase in lung cancer cases among non-smokers, linking this rise to air pollution exposure. The study, released on World Cancer Day,

The proportion of people being diagnosed with lung cancer who have never smoked is increasing, according to a new study. The study — published Feb. 4 in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal for World Cancer Day — analyzed lung cancer cases from the Global Cancer Observatory 2022 dataset.

Lung cancer in never-smokers is also occurring almost exclusively as adenocarcinoma, which has become the most dominant of the four main subtypes of the disease in men and women globally, the agency said.

Air pollution is fueling a rise in the commonest form of lung cancer among non-smokers, hitting women and people in southeast Asia particularly hard, according to a study published on Tuesday.

A new study found an increase in adenocarcinoma, a lung cancer that is most commonly associated with nonsmokers.