Senator Durbin's Bill to Close Tobacco Tax Loopholes Will Save Lives By Stopping Tax Avoidance
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Today Marks World Asthma Day and National Asthma Awareness Month (May 1, 2012) — With today marking both World Asthma Day and the start of National Asthma Awareness Month, the American Lung Association has announced the launch of …
Statement of the American Lung Association Washington, D.C. (April 27, 2012) — Some in Congress are trying to force the nation to choose between health and education. The House of Representatives is poised to vote on a measure to eliminate …
Positive Air Quality Trends Continue, While Big Polluters and Congress Seek to Weaken Proven Clean Air Controls Editors’ Note: Trend charts and rankings for metropolitan areas and county grades are available at www.stateoftheair.org . …
Washington, D.C. (April 23, 2012) — The American Lung Association announced today that it has released new interim guidelines to assist physicians, their patients and the public in their discussions about lung cancer screening. Lung cancer is the …
Find out the State of Your Air (April 23, 2012) — WHAT: The American Lung Association is hosting a Twitter chat with air quality experts who will talk about the results of this year’s State of the Air report. Find out if the air quality in …
Statement from Al Rizzo, MD, Chair of the Board of the American Lung Association Washington, D.C. (April 18, 2012) — New natural gas and oil production safeguards announced today by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will curb …
Agency Also Instructs Industry to Report on Deadly Product Ingredients (March 30, 2012) — The American Lung Association welcomes the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement and draft guidance released today which will protect …
Washington, D.C. (March 29, 2012) — The American Lung Association honored U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) today with the American Lung Association’s inaugural Healthy Air Hero Award for his service to protect the lung health of all Americans and his …
(March 28, 2012) — More than 100 doctors, nurses, clean air advocates and American Lung Association staff and volunteers from 34 states gathered today on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to demonstrate their support for clean air protections. After stops …
Capps Named Lung Health Champion Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2012) — The American Lung Association presented Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) its Lung Health Champion Award for her leadership and heroic work to protect the lung health of all …
Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2012) — Albert A. Rizzo, M.D., Chair, Board of Directors of the American Lung Association issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to establish the first …
Washington, D.C. (March 22, 2012) — The American Lung Association is celebrating the second anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 23. The nation’s oldest voluntary health organization joins the American public in …
Voters Support Setting Stronger Carbon Pollution Standards to Protect Public Health Washington, D.C. (March 21, 2012) — As big polluters and their allies in Congress continue attacks on the Clean Air Act, the American Lung Association …
Voters Support Stronger Carbon Pollution Standards to Protect Public Health Washington, D.C. (March 20, 2012) — The American Lung Association is releasing a new, nationwide bipartisan survey examining public views of the Clean Air Act and …
Washington, D.C. (March 16, 2012) — Today five professional medical societies and public health groups took legal action to support public health safeguards that reduce mercury and toxic air pollution from power plants. The American Academy of …
CDC Advertising Campaign a Necessary and Long Overdue Step to Reduce Smoking in the U.S. Washington, D.C. (March 15, 2012) — The American Lung Association commends the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) “ Tips from Former …
American Lung Association Denounces Proposed Indiana "Compromise" Legislation that Exempts Bars and Sells Out Public Health Washington, D.C. (March 9, 2012) — The American Lung Association voiced its deep disappointment in the …
Standards for mercury and air toxics were at-risk Statement of Albert A. Rizzo, MD, National Volunteer Chair of the American Lung Association, and pulmonary and critical care physician in Newark, Delaware Washington, D.C. (March 8, 2012) — …
American Lung Association Urges States to Heed Surgeon General’s Recommendations Washington, D.C. (March 8, 2012) — Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults , the new report released today by U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin …