American football is one of the most popular organized team sports in the United States. About a million high school students, 70,000 collegiate players, and 2,000 professional athletes participate each year.
And, of course, those professionals include the Green Bay Packers.
Good lung health is vital to football players because these athletes need a lot of oxygen to keep up with the intense and strenuous football practices and games.
Unhealthy lungs can expose these players to respiratory diseases, like asthma, lung cancer, chronic lung disease, and even rare ones like mesothelioma in its various stages.