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Helping Smokers Quit: State Cessation Coverage
Quitting smoking is not easy, but there are many tools that can help smokers succeed. However, where you live can help or hurt your ability to quit. A new American Lung Association report finds that most states fail to adequately protect residents and their bottom line by providing coverage for treatments and services to help smokers quit. The report also concludes that most smokers don’t know where they can get the help they need to quit. Read more...
Where Did the Money Go?
In 1998, the tobacco industry agreed to pay an unprecedented $246 billion over 25 years to the states as compensation for healthcare costs for smokers. State officials said at the time they would use that money to fund tobacco prevention programs and cover healthcare costs. But where did the money go?Which of these is an example of how the tobacco settlement money was really spent?
A: For tobacco prevention and healthcare costs
B: A sprinkler system at a public golf course (for $19 million)
C: To enforce a city’s “pooper scooper” law
D: For tobacco production: buying tobacco-curing equipment, a tobacco auction hall and plumbing for a tobacco processing plant
E: To counter satanic cults in public schools
F: All of the above
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November is National Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in both men and women in the United States. In fact, lung cancer causes more deaths each year than the next three most common cancers combined (colon, breast and prostate). As a leader in the fight against lung cancer, American Lung Association is a trusted source for educational material and programs on the prevention and treatment of lung cancer.
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November is COPD Awareness Month
Did you know that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S.? Or that it affects more than 12 million Americans? Although COPD cannot be cured, it is preventable and it can be treated. The American Lung Association is again partnering with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and others on COPD Awareness Month 2008. The theme is COPD Learn More Breathe Better. Read here...
Support Our Annual Christmas Seal® Campaign
This holiday season, join the American Lung Association in celebrating an historic tradition by supporting our annual Christmas Seals Campaign. Your donation will help the Lung Association continue our fight against deadly lung diseases and stay on the forefront of the battle for clean air. Visit www.christmasseals.org to learn more. Read the press release...
Need holiday greeting cards? You can now customize and order Christmas Seal holiday cards online. Twenty percent of your order will be donated to the American Lung Association. Order now...
American Lung Association Makes It Easier to Avoid the Flu
Fall is here and with it comes flu season. The American Lung Association is making it a little easier for people to get their flu shot this season with its 2008-2009 Flu Clinic Locator. The largest online directory of public influenza vaccination clinics is now available at www.flucliniclocator.org. Read more...
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