News Releases
- Report: NY Must Work Harder to Prevent Tobacco-Caused Disease and Death January 19, 2012
- Lung Association Expresses Concern Over Air Pollution From Fracking January 11, 2012
- Obama Administration Finalizes Life-Saving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards December 21, 2011
- Lung Association Offers Seven Tips to Successfully Quit Smoking in the New Year December 19, 2011
- Congress Maintains CDC's National Asthma Control Program December 16, 2011
- Rising Demand for Smoke-Free Housing in New York Leads to Expanded Website December 12, 2011
- Better Breather Clubs Offer Tips, Support for those with COPD, Chronic Lung Disease December 8, 2011
- New Report Reveals that NY Needs to Become More Quit Friendly for Smokers December 7, 2011
- American Lung Association Capitalizes on the Promise of Research December 1, 2011
- Once a Leader, New York Tumbles as Anti-Tobacco Programs Suffer November 30, 2011
- Firefighter Challenges Part of Fight for Air Climbs in NYC & Philadelphia November 29, 2011
- Raising Awareness About Asthma by Keeping the Memory of a Fellow Dancer Alive November 23, 2011
- Groups Disappointed by Public Service Commission’s Delay on Waste-to-Energy Petition November 17, 2011
- Lung Association Applauds Court Decision Upholding NYC’s Restriction on Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products November 16, 2011
- NEW YORK CITY: More Than 3,200 Deaths Could Be Prevented Annually by Strong Soot Standards November 16, 2011
- Advocates Urge PSC to Reject Covanta’s Petition Seeking Clean Energy Funding for Dirty Garbage Incinerators November 15, 2011
- American Lung Association in New York Offers Support to Lung Cancer Patients November 1, 2011
- Hispanics in New York Burdened by Asthma October 25, 2011
- Big Tobacco Is Targeting NYC Kids For New Customers October 20, 2011
- Staten Island Community Leaders Take a Walk in Kids’ Shoes and See Pervasive Tobacco Marketing October 20, 2011
- Manhattan Community Leaders Take a Walk in Kids’ Shoes and See Pervasive Tobacco Marketing October 19, 2011
- Bronx Community Leaders Take a Walk in Kids’ Shoes and See Pervasive Tobacco Marketing October 18, 2011
- Brooklyn Community Leaders Take a Walk in Kids’ Shoes and See Pervasive Tobacco Marketing October 18, 2011
- Queens Community Leaders Take a Walk in Kids’ Shoes and See Pervasive Tobacco Marketing October 17, 2011
- Lung Association Renews Call For Increased Tobacco Control Funding September 19, 2011
- Medicaid Cuts Could Leave Hundreds of Thousands of New Yorkers Facing Life-Threatening Health Challenges September 14, 2011
- Medicaid Cuts Could Leave Hundreds of Thousands of New Yorkers Facing Life-Threatening Health Challenges September 8, 2011
- Lung Association Applauds Governor Cuomo For Signing Smokefree Train Platforms Bill August 15, 2011
- Lung Association Applauds Passage of Smokefree Train Platforms Bill By Assembly & Senate June 16, 2011
- Lung Association: Have Questions About Your Breathing or Lung Health? Call the Lung HelpLine June 16, 2011
- Lung Association Applauds Passage of Smokefree Train Platforms Bill By Assembly & Senate June 16, 2011
- News from American Lung Association in New York, Environmental Advocates of New York and Earthjustice: NYS Supreme Court Grants Preliminary Injunction, Blocks Sale of Dirty Outdoor Wood Boilers in NYS May 24, 2011
- News from NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City: Health and Environmental Advocates Applaud Smoke-Free Parks And Beaches May 23, 2011
- News from American Lung Association in New York, Environmental Advocates of New York and EarthJustice: State’s Delay of Rules for Dirty Outdoor Wood Boilers Challenged by New York Groups May 18, 2011
- Lung Association's Fight For Air Walk in NYC Set for May 21 May 12, 2011
- New Yorkers with Asthma Threatened by Potential Federal Budget Cuts May 5, 2011
- Air Pollution Improves, but Many NY'ers Live in Counties with Failing Air April 27, 2011
- Groups Cry Foul over Delay for New Rules on Dirty Outdoor Wood Boilers April 15, 2011
- Lung Association Condemns Massive Cut to Tobacco Control Program March 29, 2011
- News from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2: EPA Regional Administrator Visits Children’s Center in Newark, NJ to Highlight Benefits of First-Ever Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants March 17, 2011
- Lung Association Asks NY’ers to Join Their Fight to Save Tobacco Control Funding March 15, 2011
- Public Health Groups Deplore Assembly Action in Eliminating Tobacco Control Funding in Budget March 14, 2011
- News from the Office of the New York State Attorney General: Schneiderman Sues Tobacco Retailers For Illegally Selling Cigarettes Online Amid Teen Smoking Epidemic February 3, 2011
- Advocates Applaud Council as it Extends Smoke-Free Protections to Parks, Beaches and Pedestrian Plazas February 2, 2011
- News from the Office of the New York City Mayor: Mayor Bloomberg and DEP Commissioner Holloway Propose New Home Heating Oil Regulations To Clean The Air New Yorkers Breathe January 28, 2011
- Lung Association Gives NY High Marks for Cigarette Tax, Smokefree Air Laws; Failing Grades for Tobacco Control Funding & Cessation Coverage January 20, 2011
- News from Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman: Attorney General Schneiderman Moves to Sue Major Pennsylvania Power Plant for Polluting New York's Air January 6, 2011
- American Lung Association Responds to Federal Court Ruling Rejecting New York City Law to Require Antismoking Posters in Stores December 30, 2010
- Groups Cry Foul Over Firing of DEC Commissioner Grannis, Call on Gov Paterson to Reinstate Grannis October 22, 2010
- Health and Environmental Advocates Rally in Support of Smoke Free Parks, Beaches and Pedestrian Plazas October 14, 2010







