The two million people with a potentially fatal lung-disease who have not been diagnosed could now be identified and treated if the NHS follows a new action plan for respiratory problems.

Quitting smoking has never been so easy with help readily available from the NHS. Yet a new survey finds that although two thirds of UK smokers, or about six million people, decided to try quitting in January – half will have given up trying to quit in the first week.

Asthma researchers have released new data offering encouraging news for people who have severe asthma.

COPD: Know it. Check it. Treat it, a campaign to raise awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been launched by NHS Bournemouth and Poole in collaboration with local healthcare professionals

NICE has published the quality standard for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Foundation calls for more to quit smoking and reduce cancer risk on National No Smoking Day

A new resource which has been launched by Asthma UK to enable health and social care professionals to better inform people with learning disabilities about asthma so that they can manage their condition more effectively.

Since 2003, the British Lung Foundation (BLF) has been campaigning for a national strategy to raise the quality of care across England for all people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and to reduce the overall prevalence of the disease.

Shocking new data* released by Asthma UK on World Asthma Day suggests that 88% of UK adults would not be completely confident about what to do if a child with asthma in their care had an asthma attack

The Department of Health has unveiled a new Tobacco Control strategy to halve the number of smokers from 21% to 10% of the population by 2020. Different measures are being considered including the removal of branding from packets and banning cigarette vending machines, as will happen in Scotland in 2011.