41.   Cigar smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to develop chronic obstructive lung disease, although again the risk is lower than that of cigarette smokers.

42.   Clogged arteries in the heart and elsewhere are also risk factors, and so are diabetes, alcoholism and chronic lung diseases like emphysema.

43.   Dental disease can produce toxins that can cause lung disease and spill bacteria into the bloodstream, affecting the kidneys, liver and heart, Wiggs said.

44.   Eleven residents developed the lung disease, and three died.

45.   Excessive ozone in the lower atmosphere is already a problem for people suffering from lung disease or breathing difficulties.

46.   Experts agree that the operation is not a cure for emphysema, a common, degenerative lung disease that most often results from cigarette smoking.

47.   Exposure to its fine particles is known to cause silicosis, a disabling lung disease, and may cause lung cancer.

48.   Experts said they suspect that Los Angeles fares so poorly because of a sedentary lifestyle and a lack of education about the chronic lung disease.

49.   For Kaminer, her body riddled with lung disease, arteriosclerosis and osteoporosis, that was little consolation.

50.   For John Egan of Beacon, N.Y., medical monitoring calls for semi-annual trips to a hospital where the former power plant worker is tested for lung disease.